Pronouns/Antecedents

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Charlotte Coile

Pronouns

•Words that substitute for nouns

e.g. he, she, it, we

He loves pronouns.

They don’t know what we are talking about.

Antecedent

•What a pronoun refers to

•Mainly found earlier in a sentence

Katie won’t answer me because she is busy.

Pronoun & Antecedent Agreement•The Antecedent and Pronoun have

to match in :

1.Number - 1st person, 2nd person...

2.Person - singular or plural

3.Gender - masculine, feminine, neutral

Pronoun & Antecedent Agreement

•Examples

I get worried when the neighbors let their dog out.

The dog goes wild, and he always messes up my front yard.

Nominative Pronouns

• Pronouns that function as the subject of a sentence

She did well on the quiz.

You should do well too.

Singular Plural

1st Person I We

2nd Person You You

3rd Person

He She It

They

Objective Pronouns

• Pronouns used as the direct object, indirect object, or object of the preposition

Mary sent him a letter. (indirect)

Mary loves him. (direct)

Mary looked at him. (prepositional)

Singular Plural

1st Person Me Us

2nd Person You You

3rd Person

Him Her It

Them

Pronouns Ending in--one --thing --

body •Always singular

•Indefinite Pronouns : does not refer to a specific person

Anyone can do what they put their mind to.

Everything in this room is very valuable.

Nobody thinks that Jill’s sweater is ugly.