Agreement of Pronoun and Antecedent Explained

A pronoun should agree with its antecedent in gender and in number. Does Margaret like her dance class? Because the car wouldn’t start, it had to be towed.

Use a singular pronoun to refer to each, either, neither, one, everyone, everybody, no one, nobody, anyone, anybody, someone, or somebody. The use of a phrase or a clause after the antecedent does not change the number of the antecedent.

Each of the teams has its mascots at the game. One of the boys left his pen behind.

Use a singular pronoun to refer to two or more singular antecedents joined by or or nor. Neither Heidi or Beth took her umbrella with her.

Use a plural pronoun to refer to two or more antecedents joined by and. The guide and the ranger wrapped their rain ponchos in their saddle rolls.