agreementbetweenpronounsandantecedents：代词与先行之间的协议.doc

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1、AGREEMENTBETWEENPRONOUNSANDANTECEDENTS•Anantecedentisthewordorwordsforwhichapronounstands•Apronoun'santecedentmaybeanoun,agroupofwordsactingasanoun,orevenanotherpronoun.PersonalPronounsandAntecedentsshouldagreewiththeirantecedentsinthreeimportantways:1.person2.n

2、umber3.genderPersontellswhetherapronounreferstoapersonspeaking(firstperson);thepersonspokento(secondperson),ortheperson,place,orthingspokenabout(thirdperson).Gendertellswhetherathird-person-singularantecedentismasculineorfeminine.Example:ItoldDavidtobringabathin

3、gsuitwithhim.Intheexampleabove,thepronounhimisthirdpersonandsingular.Itagreeswithitsmasculineantecedent,David,whichisalsothirdperson(thepersonspokenabout)andsingular.AvoidingShiftsinPersonShiftsinpersonusuallyinvolvethecarelessuseofyou(thesecondpersonpronoun)tor

4、efertoanouninthethirdperson.INCORRECT:StephaniehaslearnedFrench.ThisisthelanguageyouneedtoknowwhenyougotoParis.CORRECT:StephaniehaslearnedFrench.ThisisthelanguagesheneedstoknowwhenshegoestoParis・Wheneveryouusethewordyou.makesureitreferstothepersontowhomyouarespe

5、akingorwritingandnottoanyotherperson.Makingpronounsandantecedentsagreeinnumberandgendermaybealittlemoredifficultwhentheantecedentisacompoundjoinedbyorornor,orwhenthegenderoftheantecedentisnotknown.Useasingularpersonalpronounstorefertotwoormoresingularantecedents

6、joinedbyorornor.Twoormoresingularsubjectsjoinedbyorornormusthaveasingularverb.Inthesameway,twoormoresingulaTantecedentsjoinedbyorornormusthaveasingularpronoun.INCORRECT:EitherBeccaorMeganwilltaketheirbackpack.CORRECT:EitherBeccaorMeganwilltakeherbackpack.IMPORTA

7、NTPOINTTOREMEMBERWhenthegenderofathird-person-singularantecedentisnotknown,youmakethepronounagreeinoneofthesethreeways:1)Useheorshe®himorhe「andhisorhers2)rewritethesentencesothattheantecedent&pronounarepluralor3)rewritethesentencetoeliminatethepronoun・Exercise17

8、pg.549Rewritethefollowingsentenceswiththecorrectpronoun:1・JackwasexcitedaboutvisittoNewYorkCity.2.Heandhisfamilyplannedtripwell.3.Theylearnedthatatouristmustwatchlugg