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Perfecting Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement: Tips and Tricks

Learn the importance of pronoun-antecedent agreement to improve your writing. Avoid common mistakes between nouns and pronouns, number, and gender. Master the proper use of articles to enhance clarity and precision in your sentences. Enhance your writing skills today.

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Perfecting Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement: Tips and Tricks

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  1. Pronoun-Antecedent AgreementPart II Ms. Logan English I

  2. Brief review • Pronouns take the place of nouns to avoid redundancy • Antecedents are the words which the pronouns replace No one wants to be alone, for he or she is always in the mood to talk.

  3. Mistakes Happen • Pronoun-antecedent disagreement often happens between nouns and pronouns in addition to mistakes between number and gender. • It is especially annoying because THE WORD YOU’RE USING TO MODIFY THE NOUN ISN’T EVEN A PRONOUN—IT’S AN ARTICLE!!! • Articles include this, that, these, those, the, a, and an

  4. I don’t believe in students that refuse to do homework.

  5. I don’t believe in students who refuse to do homework.

  6. A “STUDENT” IS NOT A THING. IT IS A PERSON.

  7. EQUALLY, OBJECTS ARE NOT “THEY”, “HE,” OR “SHE.”

  8. Proper use of article I never thought that car had so much spunk in him. Noun Wrong pronoun usage

  9. Fix me: Those boxes have unbroken lids, but these need to have its lids replaced.

  10. Those boxes have unbroken lids, but these need to have their lids replaced.

  11. Fix me: Everybody needs to bring their assignment to class.

  12. Everybody needs to bring his or her assignment to class.

  13. Conclusively, the same mistakes keep occurring over and over. You can fix these mistakes with careful reading and editing.

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