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    This document discusses rules for using pronouns that agree in number with indefinite pronoun antecedents. It provides lists of singular and plural indefinite pronouns. For indefinite pronouns that can be either singular or plural, it instructs the reader to use the prepositional phrase following the indefinite pronoun to determine if the pronoun is singular or plural. Examples are given to demonstrate these rules.

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    This document discusses rules for using pronouns that agree in number with indefinite pronoun antecedents. It provides lists of singular and plural indefinite pronouns. For indefinite pronouns that can be either singular or plural, it instructs the reader to use the prepositional phrase following the indefinite pronoun to determine if the pronoun is singular or plural. Examples are given to demonstrate these rules.

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    Indefinite Pronouns as

    Antecedents
    Page 193-194

    PERSONAL PRONOUNS

    A personal pronoun must agree in number


    with the indefinite pronoun that is its
    antecedent.
    Hint: Indefinite pronouns that end in one,
    body, or thing are always singular.

    Indefinite Pronouns as Antecedents


    making sure a pronoun agrees with its indefinite pronoun antecedent.
    Indefinite Pronouns
    Singular Indefinite Pronouns
    another, anybody, anyone,
    anything, each, either,
    everybody, everyone,
    everything, much, neither,
    nobody, no one, nothing, one,
    someone, somebody,
    something
    Plural Indefinite Pronouns
    both, few, many, several
    Either Singular or Plural
    all, any, more, most, none,
    some

    AGREEMENT WITH INDEFINITE


    PRONOUNS

    Use a singular pronoun to refer to a singular


    indefinite pronoun.
    Use a plural pronoun to refer to a plural indefinite
    pronoun.
    Hint: An antecedent will not appear inside a
    prepositional phrase.

    Each of the myths has (their, its) own heroes and villains.
    Everyone has (their, his or her) favorite myth.
    Several of the girls have finished (her, their) homework.

    Indefinite Pronouns as Antecedents


    making sure a pronoun agrees with its indefinite pronoun antecedent.
    Indefinite Pronouns

    Rules

    Singular Indefinite Pronouns


    another, anybody, anyone,
    anything, each, either,
    everybody, everyone,
    everything, much, neither,
    nobody, no one, nothing, one,
    someone, somebody,
    something

    Use a singular pronoun to


    refer to an antecedent that is
    a singular indefinite pronoun.

    Plural Indefinite Pronouns


    both, few, many, several

    An antecedent will not


    appear inside a prepositional
    phrase.

    Either Singular or Plural


    all, any, more, most, none,
    some

    Use a plural pronoun to refer


    to an antecedent that is a
    plural indefinite pronoun.

    SINGULAR OR PLURAL?
    All, many, more, most, none, some can be
    singular or plural antecedents.
    Use the prepositional phrase following the
    indefinite pronoun to determine whether the the
    pronoun is singular or plural.
    None of the mythology has lost (their, its) appeal.
    Most of the stories have (their, its) origins in tribal
    myths.

    Indefinite Pronouns as Antecedents


    making sure a pronoun agrees with its indefinite pronoun antecedent.
    Indefinite Pronouns

    Rules

    Singular Indefinite Pronouns


    another, anybody, anyone,
    anything, each, either,
    everybody, everyone,
    everything, much, neither,
    nobody, no one, nothing, one,
    someone, somebody,
    something

    Use a singular pronoun to


    refer to an antecedent that is
    a singular indefinite pronoun.

    Plural Indefinite Pronouns


    both, few, many, several

    An antecedent will not


    appear inside a prepositional
    phrase.

    Either Singular or Plural


    all, any, more, most, none,
    some

    Use a plural pronoun to refer


    to an antecedent that is a
    plural indefinite pronoun.

    Singular or Plural?

    If an indefinite pronoun
    antecedent can be singular
    or plural, use the
    prepositional phrase to
    determine its number.

    PRACTICE & APPLY P. 195 # 15


    Choose the correct pronoun from those in
    parentheses.
    1.their
    2.they
    3.their
    4.its
    5.his or her

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