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PRONOU
NS
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JUST FOR FUN….TRY THIS….
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PRONOUN REVIEWPronouns are words that replace nouns ornoun
phrases
The word or words the pronoun replaces is
called theantecedentof the pronounPronouns mustagree with
their antecedents
– singular antecedents are replaced with
singular pronouns, and plural antecedents are
replaced with plural pronouns
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BUT WHAT IF…… You don’t
know the
antecedent?
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FOR EXAMPLE…..Say you come home
and find a broken
vase. You have no
idea how it got broken,or who broke it. Your
parents walk in, and
say “What happened?”
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WHAT DO YOU SAY??
“_____________ broke the vase.”
What word do you put here, if you have no
idea who really did it?
Somebod y
S o m e t h i n g
Someone
N o o n e
N o b o d y
Ever ybod y
E v e r y o n e
An yone
An ybod y
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INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
All of these pronouns areindefinite.
They do not refer to a specific antecedent, or the
antecedent is unknown.
in=notdefinite=clearly stated
Indefinite pronouns=pronouns for which
the antecedent is not clearly stated (or is
unknown)
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S I N G U
L A R
V S
. P
L U R A L
Some indefinite pronouns are
singular. Some are plural. Some can
be either singular or plural
This is important, because indefinitepronouns must agree with
their
verbs.
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HOW CAN YOU TELL?
Indefinite pronouns often fail the “sounds right
test.” Proper usage may sound awkward, or
weird.
It is necessary tomemorize which pronouns are
singular, which are plural, and which can be
either/or.
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PRONOUNS
each another
anybody somebody
much no one
something everyonenobody neither
anything everything
either anyone
nothing
someone
everybody
Can you separate
these into categories
to make them easier
to remember?
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ONE IDEA….
Create a chant to help you remember themain singular pronouns
and the SANE
(some, any, no, every) pronouns:
“Each, much, either, neither, another,
and all the ones, bodies, and things”
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ANOTHER IDEA…..Learn the first singular indefinite
pronouns:“each, much, either, neither another” and the
following chart:
someany
no
every
bodyone
thing
Any combination of words from the right and
left side make a singular indefinite pronoun
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ATTACK OF THE (IN)SANE BOT!
You can remember the 12 “one, body, thing”
pronouns by the mnemonic SANE BOT
INDEFINITE
Some
Any
No
Every
Body
One
Thing
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MEMORIZING THE SINGULARS
Try one of the methods above, or create one of
your own
Find some way to help you remember the
singular indefinite pronouns
