indefinite pronouns used as subject-Pronoun antecedent agreement

rules in pronoun antecedent agreement

1. Indefinite Pronouns as Antecedents Presented by: Rexilyn B. Pinalgan , Bayachan Althea & Joevelyn B. Andaya

2. Definition: Pronoun: a word use to stand for (or take the place of) a noun. Antecedents: the word for which a pronoun stands. Example: President Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address in 1863. The dog is playing in the park. It is having a lot of fun. I saw my friend at the store today. They were buying groceries.

3. Singular indefinite pronoun antecedents take singular pronoun referents. Example: Each of the birds flies toward its nest. Plural Indefinite Pronoun Antecedents require plural referents. Example: Both flowers bend their stems toward the sun.

4. Some indefinite pronouns that are modified by a preposition phrase maybe singular or plural. EITHER SINGULAR OR PLURAL: Some, any, all, most. When the object of the preposition is uncountable, Use a singular referent pronoun. Example: Some of the waves reached its top! Waves is uncountable, therefore, the sentence has a singular.

5. When the object of the preposition is countable, use a plural referent pronoun. Example: Some of the animals were saved by their owners. Animals are countable, therefore the sentence has a plural referent pronoun.

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