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Pronoun antecedent-agreement
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Pronoun Defined

• A pronoun is a word that substitutes for a noun.

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Antecedent Defined

• Many pronouns have antecedents, nouns or pronouns
  to which they refer.

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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.

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An American family is likely to have at least two
cars in their garage
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American families are likely to have at least two
cars in their garages
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Everyone in America seems to be in love with
their cars
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Americans seem to be in love with their cars
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A consumer in the 1970s expected their new car
to burn fuel efficiently
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A consumer in the 1970s expected a new car to
burn fuel efficiently
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In the 1980s and 90s no one was horrified by
the prices they saw at the gas station
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• In the 1980s and 90s no one was horrified by
  the prices at the gas stations.

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• When a bill requiring SUVs to get the same gas
  mileage as cars came before the Senate, they
  rejected the proposal.

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• When a bill requiring SUVs to get the same gas
  mileage as cars came before the Senate, it
  rejected the proposal

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• 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.

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• According to the Sierra Club, an SUV instead of a
  car wastes more energy than leaving a
  refrigerator door open for 6 years.

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• Compared to a European or Japanese driver, An
  American driver today is still paying bargain
  prices for their gas.

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• Compared to a European or Japanese driver, an
  American driver today is still paying bargain
  prices for gas.

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• All information in this slide show is taken from
  Diana Hackers The Bedford Handbook