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Determine the part of speech for the italicized word in the sentence below.

"(He) stood me up on Friday night!" Tanith screamed hysterically.
adverb
determiner
noun
adjective
pronoun

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The correct answer is "pronoun", if the parentheses means that the italicized part is "He".

He is a third person singular pronoun denoting a male.
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Answer: the italicized word is He and it is a pronoun.

Explanation: He is specifically a subject pronoun and it is rated as the third person singular and corresponds to a male. Here's a chart of the subject pronouns:

First person singular: I First person plural: we

Second person singular: you Second person plural: you

Third person singular: He, She, It Third person plural: they

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