1. Pronoun-Antecedent Number AgreementOr
p/a agr
8/23/2001
© Richard C. Zath

2. Pronoun-Antecedent Number Agreement
What is “pronoun-antecedent number agreement”?
Pronoun-antecedent number agreement is agreement in number between a pronoun and its antecedent (or the noun [or pronoun] that comes before it).

3. Pronoun Number Agreement
What’s it look like?
The professor discussed his atomic theory.
How else can it “look”?
The discussed atomic theory.

4. Pronoun Number Agreement
What’s it look like again?
The workers ate their lunches.
How else can it “look”?
The ate lunch.

5. Pronoun Number Agreement
What shouldn’t it look like?
The professor discussed their atomic theory.
How else can it “look”?
The discussed atomic theory. ≠

6. Pronoun Number Agreement
What shouldn’t it look like?
The man told the child that they should not play in the street with their toy.
What it shouldn’t “look” like.
The told the that should not play in the street with toy.