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These are the buttons that we don't know what they do.
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Noun
resumptive pronoun (plural resumptive pronouns)
- (grammar) A pronoun in a relative clause which refers to the antecedent of the relative pronoun.
- Synonyms: copy pronoun, shadow pronoun
Translations
a pronoun in a relative clause which refers to the antecedent of the relative pronoun (grammar)
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