{"id":9859,"date":"2015-07-31T13:04:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T20:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-crowdcontent.com\/?p=9859"},"modified":"2021-04-28T08:02:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T15:02:26","slug":"noun-pronoun-agreement-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crowdcontent.com\/resources\/writer\/university\/grammar\/noun-pronoun-agreement-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Noun-Pronoun Agreement Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Noun-Pronoun Agreement Part 2<\/h2>\n<p>In part one of <a title=\"Noun-Pronoun Agreement Singular and Plural\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdcontent.com\/resources\/writer\/university\/grammar\/noun-pronoun-agreement-singular-and-plural\/\">Noun-Pronoun Agreement<\/a> we covered singular and plural pronouns.<\/p>\n<p>Now let\u2019s look at agreeing in person and making sure that the antecedent is obvious.<\/p>\n<h3>Agreeing in Person<\/h3>\n<p>In grammar, there are first-, second-, and third-person pronouns.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First-Person: I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours<\/li>\n<li>Second-Person: You, your<\/li>\n<li>Third-Person: He, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them, their, theirs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Just like your antecedent and pronoun must agree in number, they must also agree in person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Wrong<\/span>:<\/strong> <b>Writers<\/b> need to accept that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">you<\/span>\u2019ll never satisfy everyone about using a singular \u201cthey\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Right:<\/span><\/strong> <b>Writers<\/b> need to accept that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">they<\/span>\u2019ll never satisfy everyone about using a singular \u201cthey\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Wrong<\/span><\/strong>: <b>Robyn<\/b>, as an experienced writer, what are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">her<\/span> thoughts about \u201cthey\u201d being a singular pronoun?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Right:<\/span><\/strong> <b>Robyn<\/b>, as an experienced writer, what are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">your<\/span> thoughts about \u201cthey\u201d being a singular pronoun?<\/p>\n<h3>Having a Clear Antecedent<\/h3>\n<p>Consider this sentence: I got a flat tire on my bike, and the bus broke down, but it was easy to fix. Now you\u2019re wondering, \u201cWhat was easy to fix? The bike or the bus?\u201d The problem with this sentence is that the antecedent is unclear.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Improved: I got <b>a<\/b> <b>flat tire<\/b> on my bike, and the bus broke down, but at least <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">the tire<\/span> was easy to fix.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Improved: I got <b>a<\/b> <b>flat tire<\/b> on my bike, and the bus broke down, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">the former<\/span> was easy to fix.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Improved: I got a flat tire on my bike, and <b>the bus<\/b> broke down, but the mechanics easily fixed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">the bus<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Be especially careful when using \u201cthis\u201d and \u201cthat\u201d that it\u2019s clear what they refer to.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Wrong: Grapes are my favorite fruit. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">This<\/span> is great.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Improved: Grapes are my favorite fruit. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">This bunch<\/span> is great.<\/p>\n<p>I improved the sentence by adding a noun after \u201cthis,\u201d which is a good way to make sure that it\u2019s obvious what \u201cthis\u201d is.<\/p>\n<p>Learn More:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/owl.english.purdue.edu\/owl\/resource\/595\/01\/\">Purdue Owl: Pronouns<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noun-Pronoun Agreement Part 2 In part one of Noun-Pronoun Agreement we covered singular and plural pronouns. Now let\u2019s look at agreeing in person and making sure that the antecedent is obvious. Agreeing in Person In grammar, there are first-, second-, and third-person pronouns. First-Person: I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours Second-Person: You, your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Noun-Pronoun Agreement Part 2 | Crowd Content<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Noun-Pronoun Agreement Part 2 In part one of Noun-Pronoun Agreement we covered singular and plural pronouns. 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