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Lesson 17 · Standard English Conventions
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement and Possessive Determiners
In this lesson, you will learn to
- Identify pronoun-antecedent agreement errors
- Avoid common mistakes using singular and plural pronouns
- Employ possessive determiners correctly
- Learn strategies for avoiding vague pronoun references
Introduction
Pronouns are words that are used to replace nouns and noun phrases. The nouns and noun phrases that pronouns replace are called antecedents.
🔎For example:
antecedentJulia Morgan, the first woman to receive an architectural license in California, designed 700+ buildings during pronounher career. ✅
antecedentJulia Morgan, the first woman to receive an architectural license in California, designed 700+ buildings during pronounher career. ✅
In the example above, "her" is a pronoun that replaces the antecedent "Julia Morgan".
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