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CHAPTER 25: USING PRONOUNS CORRECTLY:
AGREEMENT AND REFERENCE

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CHAPTER OUTLINE AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES
In this chapter, you will be learn to:
 recognize proper pronoun case,
 identify pronoun antecedents, indefinite pronouns,
and collective nouns, and
 correct errors in pronoun and agreement and
reference.

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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.

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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.

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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.

7. 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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN INDEFINITE PRONOUN?
A. Camille
B. carefully
C. everybody
D. climb

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN INDEFINITE PRONOUN?
A. Camille
B. carefully
C. everybody
D. climb
identify pronoun antecedents, indefinite pronouns,
and collective nouns