Unit_007

Question 1

The antecedent of a pronoun is the noun or the pronoun to which it refers.

Answer 1

English Grammar Rule #51

Question 2

A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in gender, person, and number.

Answer 2

English Grammar Rule #52

Question 3

If the antecedent of a pronoun is masculine gender the pronoun that refers to it must be masculine gender. If the antecedent is the feminine gender, the pronoun must be the feminine gender.

Answer 3

English Grammar Rule #53

Question 4

Indefinite pronouns usually refer to individuals of both genders, masculine and feminine. In such cases, the general practice is to use the masculine form of the pronoun that refers to the antecedent.

Answer 4

English Grammar Rule #54

Question 5

Some indefinite pronouns are always singular in number, others are always plural, and some are either singular or plural according to the meaning of the sentence. The pronoun that is used to refer to the antecedent must agree with it in number. If the indefinite pronoun is singular, the pronoun that refers to it must be singular. If the indefinite pronoun is plural, the pronoun that refers to it must be plural.

Answer 5

English Grammar Rule #55

Question 6

The pronoun must agree with its antecedent in person. If the antecedent is in the third person, the pronoun that refers to it must also be in the third person. If the antecedent is in the second person, the pronoun that refers to it must be in the second person.

Answer 6

English Grammar Rule #56

Question 7

A pronoun should not have two possible antecedent in the same sentence. If it is not clear which of the two antecedents the pronoun refers to, the sentence should be recast.

Answer 7

English Grammar Rule #57

Question 8

Demonstrative adjectives should agree in number with the nouns they modify. This and that are singular and should be used only with singular nouns. These and those are plural and should be used with plural nouns.

Answer 8

English Grammar Rule #58