Pronoun antecedent-agreement
Pronoun Defined
A pronoun is a word that substitutes
for a noun.
Antecedent Defined
Many pronouns have antecedents,
nouns or pronouns to which they
refer.
Agreement:
A pronoun and antecedent agree
when they are both singular or both
plural. Pronouns such as: he, his,
she, her, it, and its, must also agree in
gender with their antecedent.
An American family is likely to have
at least two cars in their garage
American families are likely to have
at least two cars in their garages
Everyone in America seems to be in
love with their cars
Americans seem to be in love with
their cars
A consumer in the 1970’s expected
their new car to burn fuel efficiently
A consumer in the 1970’s expected
a new car to burn fuel efficiently
In the 1980’s and 90’s no one was
horrified by the prices they saw at
the gas station
In the 1980’s and 90’s no one was
horrified by the prices at the gas
stations.
When a bill requiring SUV’s to get the
same gas mileage as cars came
before the Senate, they rejected the
proposal.
When a bill requiring SUV’s to get the
same gas mileage as cars came
before the Senate, it rejected the
proposal
According to the Sierra Club,
someone who spends a year driving
an SUV instead of a car wastes more
energy than if they had left their
refrigerator door open for 6 years.
According to the Sierra Club, an SUV
instead of a car wastes more energy
than leaving a refrigerator door open
for 6 years.
Compared to a European or
Japanese driver, An American driver
today is still paying bargain prices for
their gas.
Compared to a European or
Japanese driver, an American driver
today is still paying bargain prices for
gas.
All information in this slide show is
taken from Diana Hacker’s The
Bedford Handbook