Intermediate Writers Workshop Rode 2010 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement match the pronoun and its antecedentantecedentmatchpronoun

Step 1 II dentify the antecedent AA ntecedent (NOUN) PP ronoun? Jevne is going to a party with friend. Example Jevne?

Step 2  Count the antecedent(s)  Ask: Count “How Many?” “Singular or Plural?”  Ask: Lane will bring friend to the party. Lane Sarah and Jim will bring friend, too. Sarah and Jim 1 2 SingularPlural her their

Step 3  Consider the correct pronoun SS ingular s he h er h ers h erself w e u s o ur o urselves pronoun Sarah... Sarah and Jim … Sarah and Jim h e h im h is h imself i t i ts i tself PP lural t hey t heir t hemselves y ou y our y ourselves y ou y our y ourself Sarah

Prepositional Phrases The person in the house … II dentify the antecedent II gnore the noun in the prep phrase CC ount the antecedent(s) antecedent Ignoreprep phrase person in the house The people in the house... people in the house he or she they s Identify Count

Subjects with And The apple and the orange isare SS ubjects with AND are always plural TT heir parts can be singular or plural always plural singularplural apple The apple and the oranges isare appleoranges are AND orange 11 21

Subjects with Or/Nor The apple or the orange isare SS ubjects with OR/NOR can be singular SS ubjects with OR/NOR can be plural OO R/NOR means NOT Both singular plural apple The apple or the oranges isare appleoranges is are OR/NOR orange OR/NOR The oranges or the apple isare isappleoranges 21 OR/NORNOT Both

Collective Nouns CC an be Singular or Plural AA sk: One Group or Many Individuals? Plural Many IndividualsOne Group Singular group faculty jury class committee family public herd army assembly club swarm audience team

Amounts CC an be singular or plural AA sk: amount or individuals plural individualsamount singular The price is twenty dollars. Twenty dollars is the price. The wallet holds twenty dollars. Twenty dollars are in the wallet. several dollars one price The class lasts four hours. Four hours is too long to sit still. one amount is are is

Titles Great Expectationsisa good book. WW hether one or several items are in a title, titles are always singular titlessingular s “The Owl and the Pussycat”isa good poem. is “Gypsies, Tramps &Thieves”isa good song.

Words Ending -ics The mathematics on the testisare WW ords that end in –ics are always singular singular ics The politics of their conversationisare is -ics ics The athletics required in schoolisare is economics acrobatics physics civics ethics academics