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A Pronoun is

A word used to stand for or take the place

of a noun

Example:

She is going shopping.

She is the pronoun because it takes the place of

a person (e.g. Nicole, Haley, Jenna)

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A Antecedent is

A noun to which the pronoun refers to. Itusually goes before the noun.

Ante = before

Antecedents must agree with its pronoun inorder

Example:

Kids love summer because they dont have

to go to school. Kids is the antecedent because They is the

pronoun that refers to the noun kids

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Pronoun Antecedent Agreement

Replacing a noun with a pronoun keeps

away from over repeating the noun

Example:

WhenAbby went shopping,Abby bought

a shirt.

WhenAbby went shopping, she boughta shirt.

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An antecedent is what we call the noun

before the pronoun.

A pronoun replaces a noun.

Antecedents and pronouns must agree

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Examples

Hannah wore Hannahs dress.Hannah wore her dress.

Matt ate Matt food.

Matt ate his food.

Sarah and Kate did Sarah and Kates

homework.Sarah and Kate did their homework.

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Indefinite Pronouns as Antecedents

Usually the following pronoun antecedents

take singular pronoun referents

Each, either, neither, one, no one, nobody, nothing,

anyone, anybody, anything, someone, somebody,

something, everyone, everybody, everything

Example:

Everyone of the students does his or her

homework.

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Plural infinite pronoun antecedents require

plural referents.

Such as:

Both, several, few, many

Examples:

Many students do their homework.

Both of the dogs chew their bones.

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Can be singular or plural

Some, any, none, all, most

How do you know when to use plural or singular??

When the object of the preposition is uncountableuse singular, when the object is countable use

plural.

Singular:

Some of the sugar fell out ofits bag.Plural:

Some of the marbles fell out oftheirbag.

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Compound Subjects

When subjects are joined use a plural

pronoun referent

Kelly and Kate made theirpresentation.

Sarah and John ate theirice cream.

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Rules

Singular

Titles of single entities (books, organization, countries, etc.)

The number of

Every or many a before a noun series

Plural subject with a singular meaning (news, physics, etc.)

Plural

A number of

Can be Either

Collective Nouns

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Titles of Single Entities

The Avengers made ___ characters seem real.

a) theirsb) Her/his

c) their

d) Its

Every or Many a

Every dog, horse, and cow had save its life by

escaping the fire.

a) theirsb) Her/his

c) their

d) Its

Answer: D

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Collective Nouns (group, jury, crowd, team, etc.) canbe singular or plural depending on the meaning.

The jury read ____ verdict.a) its

b) his

c) their

d)theirs

The jury members gave ________ individualopinions.

a) its

b) his

c) their

d) theirs

Answers: A, C

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