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Agreement of Pronoun and Antecedent Explained

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1 Agreement of Pronoun and Antecedent Explained

2 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.

3 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.

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

5 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.

6 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.


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