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PRONOUN ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT

• GRAMMAR FOCUS
• FOR THE ENGLISH I EOC

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Pronoun

• A pronoun is a substitute for a noun. It refers
  to a person, place, thing, feeling, or quality
  but does not refer to it by its name.
• The pronoun in the following sample sentence is
  bolded.

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PRONOUN

• When Big Dog snuck under the fence, he ran to the
  dumpster.

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Antecedent

• An antecedent is the word, phrase, or clause to
  which a pronoun refers, understood by the
  context.
• The antecedent in the following sample sentence
  is bolded.

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ANTECEDENT

• When Big Dog snuck under the fence, he ran to the
  dumpster.

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Agreement

• A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in three
  ways
• Person refers to the quality of being.
• Number is the quality that distinguishes between
  singular (one entity) and plural (numerous
  entities).
• Gender is the quality that distinguishes the
  entities as masculine or feminine.

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• A pronoun renames (takes the place of) a noun
  that comes before it.
• An antecedent is what we call the noun that comes
  before the pronoun.Two examples should be enough

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• I get worried when the neighbors let their dog
  out.
• The dog goes wild, and he always messes up my
  front yard.