Pronoun-Antecedent AgreementPronoun-Antecedent Agreement • January 9th, 2020
A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number, gender, and person. An antecedent is the noun or pronoun that a pronoun refers to or replaces.
PRONOUN – ANTECEDENT AGREEMENTPronoun – Antecedent Agreement • April 24th, 2017
A Pronoun (“pro” = for; “ for a noun”) is a word that replaces a noun or a noun substitute in the sentence to avoid redundancy. The noun that a pronoun replaces is called antecedent and the pronoun that replaces it is called referent.
Agreement RulesPronoun-Antecedent Agreement • August 14th, 2009
ContractPronoun-Antecedent Agreement • November 3rd, 2022
PRONOUN-ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT 2 - MixedPronoun-Antecedent Agreement • November 24th, 2022
Directions: Fill in the sentences using the correct pronoun from this list: he, his, him, her, their, its. Underline the word to which the pronoun refers.
Pronoun-Antecedent AgreementPronoun-Antecedent Agreement • February 5th, 2018
A pronoun takes the place of a noun. The antecedent is the word the pronoun refers to or replaces. In a sentence, the antecedent comes before the pronoun and must match in person, number, and gender.
Pronoun-Antecedent AgreementPronoun-Antecedent Agreement • August 23rd, 2017
A common error writers make is pronoun-antecedent disagreement; meaning, the pronoun doesn’t match (agree) with the noun it refers to (the antecedent). Much like subject-verb agreement, pronoun-antecedent agreement requires singular pronouns to align with singular antecedents and plural pronouns to match plural antecedents.
