AGREEMENT PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS PRONOUNS REMEMBER A PRONOUN
AGREEMENT PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS
PRONOUNS? ¨ REMEMBER A PRONOUN IS A WORD THAT TAKES THE PLACE OF A NOUN ¨ HE, SHE, IT, THEY, THEM, ETC.
ANTECEDENT? ¨ THE ANTECEDENT IS THE NOUN THAT THE PRONOUN STANDS FOR… ¨ BOBBY PLAYS BASS GUITAR. HE IS IN A BAND. ¨ HE IS THE PRONOUN ¨ BOBBY IS THE ANTECEDENT.
PRONOUN/ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT ¨ A PRONOUN MUST AGREE WITH ITS ANTECEDENT IN GENDER (MALE/FEMALE) ¨ EACH OF THE GIRLS PUTS (HIS/HER) STUFF INTO THE CAR. ¨ NOT A VERY COMMON ERROR.
AGREEMENT ¨ THE PRONOUN MUST AGREE WITH ITS ANTECEDENT IN PERSON. ¨ FIRST PERSON (THE PERSON TALKING): I, WE ¨ SECOND PERSON (THE PERSON I’M TALKING TO): YOU ¨ THIRD PERSON (THE PERSON I’M TALKING ABOUT): SHE, IT, THEY ¨ IF STUDENTS REFUSE TO LEARN THE RULES OF PAPER WRITING, YOU CAN FORGET A GOOD GRADE IN ENGLISH CLASS. (STUDENTS – TALKING ABOUT;
AGREEMENT ¨ A PRONOUN MUST AGREE WITH ITS ANTECEDENT IN NUMBER (SINGULAR OR PLURAL) ¨ EACH GIRL WANTS TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL ON (THEIR/HER) PROM NIGHT. ¨ IF PEOPLE WANT TO STAY HEALTHY, (THEY/YOU) MUST EAT WELL AND WATCH YOUR WAISTLINE.
AGREEMENT ¨ IF ANYBODY IS LATE, THEY’LL GET INTO TROUBLE. ¨ IS THIS RIGHT OR WRONG? ¨ SHOULD YOU USE “HE’LL” OR “HE OR SHE”
AGREEMENT ¨ THERE’S AND THERE IS ¨ MANY PEOPLE USE “THERE’S” INFORMALLY IN SPEECH AND THEREFORE IT SLIPS INTO WRITING. ¨ THERE’S ONLY THREE THINGS I NEED IN LIFE: CHOCOLATE, AND CHOCOLATE. ¨ MAKE SURE YOU MEAN TO USE A SINGULAR VERB. LOOK AT SENTENCE AGAIN.
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