Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement. Pronouns and Antecedents.

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Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

Pronouns and Antecedents

Example 1 What is wrong with this sentence? If a student does not complete their work on time, then their grade will stuffer.

Example 1 What is wrong with this sentence? If a student does not complete their work on time, then their grade will stuffer. Their needs to be replaced with “his or her” because the student is a singular antecedent

Example 2 If someone likes dogs, then they should adopt one. What is wrong with this sentence?

Example 2 If someone likes dogs, then they should adopt one. What is wrong with this sentence? ●They needs to be replaced with “his or her” because “someone” is singular.