The Pronoun Antecedent Agreement

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  1. in today's grammar lesson, we will be talking about the
  2. pronoun anti student agreement.
  3. This is part one of two lessons.
  4. So in this class we're going to be talking about
  5. how a pronoun and its anti student must agree in
  6. number in person and engender.
  7. So in this video I'll be going over the explanation
  8. as well as some practice to make sure everything is
  9. clear. Okay, just to refresh your memory, a pronoun is
  10. a word that takes the place of a noun.
  11. Writers use pronouns to keep them from using the same
  12. down, over and over again.
  13. And anti student is the noun that is referred to
  14. by the pronoun.
  15. So, for example, when the whole has water in it,
  16. you can sometimes see a tree frog.
  17. There. The antecedent is whole, and the pronoun is it.
  18. It is referring to the whole another example.
  19. After the grubs become beetles, they eat their way out
  20. of the chambers.
  21. The antioxidant is grubs, beetles, whatever insects they're talking about
  22. and the pronouns being used here.
  23. Are they there?
  24. Lastly, the young boy watched the bluebird until he saw
  25. the babies.
  26. The antioxidant is boy and the pronoun being used as
  27. he. Okay, so that's just to remind you what a
  28. pronoun is, what an antioxidant is.
  29. Let's see how they have to agree in number A
  30. pronoun and its anti student must agree in number.
  31. If the pronoun is singular, the antecedent must be singular
  32. as well.
  33. If the pronoun is plural, then the antioxidant must also
  34. be in plural form.
  35. Let's take a look at these examples here.
  36. Jane called her friend Jane and her are both singular
  37. and also feminine.
  38. We'll talk about gender in a second, and that means
  39. that they both agree.
  40. John called his friend John is the singular antioxidant and
  41. the pronoun his is being used, which is also singular.
  42. The girls finish their jobs here.
  43. The anti student is girls and it is plural.
  44. So the pronoun being used must also be in plural
  45. form There.
  46. If you said the girls finished her job, that would
  47. not agree in number.
  48. Some more examples the can of beans sits on its
  49. side. The can is the antecedent, The pronoun is it.
  50. It is in singular form because the antecedent is in
  51. singular form.
  52. Mary and her mother went to the mall.
  53. They shopped so antioxidant.
  54. We have married her mother.
  55. Those are two people, so that's a plural anti student.
  56. Therefore, the pronoun they is being used and lastly the
  57. principal shaved his head.
  58. The antioxidant is in singular form, its principal one person.
  59. So the pronoun must also be singular.
  60. His okay, agree in person.
  61. Let's see what that means.
  62. A pronoun and its antecedent must agree in person if
  63. the pronoun I is being used, which means it's first
  64. person, that means that the rest of the sentence should
  65. also be in first person form.
  66. Just to remind you first person would be I second
  67. person is the pronoun you third person would be him,
  68. her, they she or he.
  69. Let's take a look here, for example.
  70. I hate to proof read my paper because editing is
  71. such a boring thing for you to do.
  72. This is a disagreement in person because the first person
  73. anti student I is being used.
  74. So then the pronoun you should not be used.
  75. It should also be I.
  76. Let's see this other incorrect example.
  77. Why should I study literature when you don't get anything
  78. out of it?
  79. Also, a disagreement we started with an antioxidant that is
  80. in first person.
  81. Therefore, the pronoun should also be in first person porn,
  82. agreeing in gender a pronoun.
  83. Its antecedent must agree in gender.
  84. Okay, let's take a look at the examples, and then
  85. I'll explain what's in this black box here.
  86. So some masculine pronouns are he him, his and himself
  87. feminine? Obviously she her hers and herself neutral or does
  88. not explain gender.
  89. It's It's an itself.
  90. For example, Claire expressed her doubts about the plan.
  91. The antecedent is Claire.
  92. It's a female name, so the pronoun her is being
  93. used. Francis gave his mother flowers.
  94. Francis is the antecedent.
  95. It is masculine.
  96. Therefore, the pronoun is also masculine.
  97. His this ship came loose from its moorings and it
  98. gently drifted out to sea.
  99. This ship is neither masculine or feminine, so that's why
  100. we use the pronoun it sometimes pronoun antecedent agreement can
  101. create an issue with gender.
  102. Consider these sentences.
  103. A Clubman member must finish his project before the Friday
  104. deadline. This sentence can offend the female members of the
  105. club. We never said that all club members are boys,
  106. so you should not use his.
  107. The reason why the person who wrote.
  108. This use his is because a club member is singular,
  109. so they chose a pronoun in singular form.
  110. However, you should not assume that it's a mail.
  111. It could be a female.
  112. To avoid this, you can either make the issue make
  113. the anti C and plural.
  114. All club members must finish their project.
  115. That works perfectly fine.
  116. Or and this is what I'm going to explain in
  117. that black text box, you can change it to his
  118. or her.
  119. Yeah, okay, so let's just take a look here.
  120. Use his or her when a singular antecedent does not
  121. have a specified gender.
  122. Like we saw in that example a club member that
  123. could be either a boy or a girl.
  124. So you can say we should finish his or her
  125. tasks. Another example.
  126. A child can use his or her imagination to write
  127. a story.
  128. It was not specified if the child was male or
  129. female. That's why we can use his or her.
  130. Okay, So those were the three main rules for today's
  131. lesson. That pronoun and sent to student must agree in
  132. number, person and engender.
  133. Let's take a look at some more practice.
  134. This is an example of a paragraph where there is
  135. agreement in all pronouns and anti students.
  136. Allison and her mother watched the hurricane on television.
  137. It was named Irma.
  138. So it is the program being used for the anti
  139. student hurricane.
  140. Notice how it's color coded.
  141. Why is everyone talking about it again?
  142. She asked her mother.
  143. Lots of people live where that storm is going, she
  144. said. They want to get ready for it.
  145. So notice where you talk about people.
  146. That's a plural anti student.
  147. That's why the plural pronoun they is being used.
  148. I think this is a good example of how to
  149. make sure every antioxidant has a proper correct pronoun being
  150. used with it.
  151. This is the activities that we have on service today,
  152. it says on the line in each sentence, write a
  153. pronoun that agrees with the antecedent, so number one imagination
  154. could be considered a child's profession because it comes naturally
  155. to them.
  156. So it is a prone on being used to substitute
  157. imagination. Imagination is our anti student in the sentence number
  158. two extra Chopra's mother still chuckles at blank drawings, still
  159. chuckles at her drawings.
  160. Her is a female singular pronoun being used to substitute
  161. the antioxidant.
  162. Esha number three and imagination can be contagious contagious because
  163. it can inspire other people again.
  164. Singular, non gender pronoun.
  165. It's being used to substitute the anti student imagination.
  166. Number four Chamber Red Shel Silverstein poem.
  167. It turns out that they are just as good when
  168. one reads them as an adult poems.
  169. That's plural.
  170. So the pronoun they must be used in plural form.
  171. Here, we have to see if the sentence contains an
  172. error, and we have to correct it if there is
  173. the number one issue.
  174. I never wanted to be a professional doodler, and their
  175. parents encourage that dream.
  176. Esha is one person, so the pronoun being used to
  177. be her, not there.
  178. Number two.
  179. A math student, can use algorithms to help him or
  180. her to be innovative.
  181. This is absolutely correct.
  182. It was not identified.
  183. If the math student we're talking about is male or
  184. female, that's why we use him or her Number three.
  185. A child should be encouraged to expand their creativity.
  186. Incorrect again because of disagreement and number.
  187. A child is singular, so it should be his or
  188. her not there.
  189. Number four reading poetry can cultivate imagination because it provides
  190. a new way of looking at the world.
  191. This is absolutely correct.
  192. Reading poetry is considered one thing.
  193. It's singular.
  194. Please check out the other tutorials and practices on this
  195. you see page to better understand the concepts for this
  196. lesson.