![]() ![]() However, there are a few cases where knowing which pronoun to use can be difficult. If this is all you remember about antecedent-pronoun agreement, you should be fine most of the time. ![]() Plural: The ants are guarding their nest. As a basic rule, singular nouns should always be followed by a singular pronoun, while plural nouns need a plural pronoun: This usually comes down to whether the antecedent noun is singular or plural. Though it should be noted that most lions don’t like being referred to as an ‘it’. Now we just have to explain what it means for a pronoun to ‘agree’ with its antecedent. If we didn’t have a pronoun in the second part of the sentence, though, we’d be forced to repeat the word ‘lion’:Īnd that sounds rather silly, which is why pronouns are such an important part of the English language. the noun ‘lion’) is the antecedent, followed by the pronoun ‘its’. The word that a pronoun replaces is known as its ‘antecedent’. What Are Pronouns and Antecedents?Ī pronoun stands in for another noun, usually to prevent repetition. But since things are getting a bit technical already, we should explain what this means. But it’s not just verbs that need to agree in a sentence you also need to make sure that pronouns agree with antecedents. We’ve previously discussed subject–verb agreement on this blog. ![]()
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