A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. Examples: he, she, it, they, someone, who. Pronouns can do all of the things that nouns can do. They can be subjects, direct objects, indirect objects, object of the preposition, and more. Heck, the word pronoun even has the word noun in it! Let's look at a few examples. Erik Weihenmayer is a blind mountain climber.
On October 1, 1945, Project RAND was set up under special contract to the Douglas Aircraft Company and began operations in December 1945, expending a total of $640 in its first month of operation.
Equivalent (Jan 2008) to about USD 14c, EUR 10c and GBP 7p. Named after the Witwatersrand (White Waters Ridge) which runs through Johannesburg, where the worlds largest deposits of gold lie. The gold contributes a lot to the wealth of South Africa so the currency is appropriately named. The Rand was created in 1961, when South Africa became a Republic, fully independent from Great Britain. Previously South Africa used the Pound, Shillings and Pence currency as in the UK.