Pronouns and Antecedents

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Pronouns and Antecedents
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A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in
three ways

• Person (1st, 2nd or 3rd).
• Number is the quality that distinguishes
  between singular (one entity) and plural
  (numerous entities).
• Gender is the quality that distinguishes the
  entities as masculine or feminine.

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Indefinite Pronouns

• Singular Pronouns another, anybody, anyone,
  anything, each, either, everybody, everyone,
  everything, neither, nobody, no one, one,
  somebody, someone, something
• Plural Pronouns both, few, many, several, most
• Singular or Plural all, any, most, none, some

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If a person wants to succeed, you have to know
the rules of the game.

• Antecedent - a person (third person)
• Pronoun - you (second person)
• Conclusion - no person agreement
• How can we correct this sentence?

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If anybody wants to succeed, they have to know
the rules of the game.

• Antecedent - anybody (third person
  singular)
• Pronoun - they (third person plural)
• Conclusion - no number agreement
• How can we correct this sentence?

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If a person wants to succeed , he has to know the
rules of the game.

• Antecedent - a person (third person neutral
  singular)
• Pronoun - he (third person masculine
  singular)
• Conclusion - no gender agreement
• How can we correct this sentence?