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Dogs and cats filled the animal shelter and the noise they made was incredibly loud. What is the pronoun in this sentence? A. and B. filled C. they D. made

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C is the correct answer. ‘They' is a plural pronoun. Pronouns are used to refer to nouns that have already been named or specified; in this sentence, this is ‘dogs and cats’. This use of pronouns relies on anaphoric referencing.
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