Chapter 25

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CHAPTER 25: USING PRONOUNS CORRECTLY: AGREEMENT AND REFERENCE

CHAPTER OUTLINE AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES

In this chapter, you will be learn to: recognize proper pronoun case, identify pronoun antecedents, indefinite pron

ouns, and collective nouns, and correct errors in pronoun and agreement and

reference.

NOUNS AND PRONOUNS Nouns are the names of persons, places, or

things. Pronouns are words that substitute for

nouns. A pronoun’s antecedent is the word or

words it replaces.

AGREEMENT OF A PRONOUN AND ITS ANTECEDENT

A pronoun must agree in number with its antecedent. If the antecedent is singular, the pronoun

must be singular. If the antecedent is plural, then the

pronoun must be plural.

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS Certain words called indefinite

pronouns always take a singular verb. Therefore, if one of these indefinite

pronouns is the antecedent, the pronoun that replaces it must be singular.

Indefinite Pronouns Ex: one, anyone, someone, everyone,

nobody, anybody, somebody, everybody, nothing, anything, something, everything, each, either, and neither.

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

Avoiding Gender Bias Using his or her to avoid gender bias Ex. Everybody in math class brought his

own calculator. Everybody in math class brought her own calculator. Everybody in class brought his or her own calculator.

COLLECTIVE NOUNS

Collective nouns refer to more than one person or thing.

Most of the time, collective nouns take a singular pronoun.

Collective nouns are usually singular because the group acts as a unit.

Collective nouns take a plural pronoun only when the members of the group are acting individually.

PRONOUNS AND THEIR ANTECEDENTS: BEING CLEAR

Pronouns are words that replace or refer to other words, and the words that are replaced or referred to are antecedents.

Make sure that a pronoun has one clear antecedent. Reference of pronouns

If a pronoun lacks an antecedent, add an antecedent or get rid of the pronoun.

WHAT ARE PRONOUNS?

A. Words that describe nouns.B. Persons, places, or things.C. Words that substitute for nouns. D. Words that show action.

WHAT ARE PRONOUNS?

A. Words that describe nouns.B. Persons, places, or things.C. Words that substitute for nouns.D. Words that show action.

recognize proper pronoun case

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN INDEFINITE PRONOUN?

A. CamilleB. carefullyC. everybodyD. climb

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN INDEFINITE PRONOUN?

A. CamilleB. carefullyC. everybodyD. climb

identify pronoun antecedents, indefinite pronouns, and collective nouns

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