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| The word a pronoun refers to is its antecedent |
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| pronouns should agree in person, number & gender |
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| Antecedent & pronouns: If EACH OR EVERY precedes a compound antecedent |
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than use the pronoun in a singular form
Every girl and woman took her seat |
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| Antecedent & pronouns: When antecedents are joined by OR/NOR |
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| THE PRONOUN MUST AGREE WITH THE NEARER PART. |
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| If one antecedent is plural and one is singular |
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place the plural on the end
Neither the owner nor the tenants have made their case |
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| Indefinite words & pronouns are singular |
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they don't refer to any specific person or thing and their pronouns are singular
Everyone on the womens team now has her own locker |
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| To avoid seemily sounding sexist when using the pronoun him to refer to indefinite nouns change the indefinite noun to a... |
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| plural or rewrite to omit the pronoun, or use he or she |
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| Collective noun antecedents and pronoun forms |
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| pronouns take a singular form when referring to collective nouns Unless you are referring to the individual members then the pronoun is plural |
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| THAT, WHICH, OR WHO begin a clause |
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be sure that those words follow their antecedent.
In the attic Jody found a dress that her aunt had worn |
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| Use these words and be specific about the noun they refer to not a group, idea or situation |
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| Antecedents using IT/THEY |
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| Should have DEFINITE antecedents |
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