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Pronoun and antecedent Agreement

Pronoun and antecedent Agreement. An antecedent is the word or group of words to which a personal pronoun refers or that a personal pronoun replaces. Highlights. A pronoun must give accurate and unmistakable reference to the noun or other pronoun it replaces.

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Pronoun and antecedent Agreement

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  1. Pronoun and antecedent Agreement An antecedent is the word or group of words to which a personal pronoun refers or that a personal pronoun replaces.

  2. Highlights • A pronoun must give accurate and unmistakable reference to the noun or other pronoun it replaces. • The pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number (singular, plural), gender (masculine, feminine, neuter), and person (first, second, third).

  3. Find antecedent and pronoun • JoyJoyceHing earns her living by giving cultural awareness workshops.

  4. Pronoun as antecedent • We need an agenda to know what is expected of us at the workshop.

  5. Steps for determining antecedent agreement • Identify the pronoun. • Decide to whom or to what this pronoun refers or what it replaces--the antecedent. • Identify the person (first, second, third); gender (masculine, feminine, neuter); and number (singular, plural) of the antecedent. • Identify the person, gender, and number of the referenced pronoun. • Determine if the person, gender, and number are the same for the pronoun and the antecedent. If they are, you have agreement. If they are not the same, you have a correction to make.

  6. Antecedents joined by And • New York and New Jersey allow their state employees ten holidays a year. • Matthew and Marjorie traveled to Spain as part of their degree programs.

  7. Antecedents joined by Or or Nor • David or Ken will translate the document into Chinese at his computer. • Unfair hiring practices or prejudices take their toll on workplace diversity.

  8. Fill in the blanks with correct pronoun • Neither Teresa nor her assistants were aware of …. negative attitudes. • The supervisor or the team managers had to justify …. reasons for requesting bilingual employees. • The Gender Equity Committee will announce … new slate of officers next week. • The committee were not unanimous in … vote to hire a diversity coordinator.

  9. Fill in the blanks with correct pronoun • Hahn Electronics offers unpaid leaves to …workers. • Pellini Chevrolet allows … employees to choose among several different benefit packages. • Everybody at our workplace can donate …sick leave to other employees. • Either of the two men can approve overtime for …supervisor.

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