Lesson 59
Agreement with Indefinite Pronoun Antecedents
Use a
singular personal pronoun
when the antecedent is a singular indefinite pronoun,
and use a
plural personal pronoun
when the antecedent is a plural indefinite pronoun.
Each of the girls on the team has
her own shin pads.
Both of the dogs lost
their collars.
Note
in the first sentence, with the prepositional phrase
of the girls, that even though the
object
of the preposition of is plural,
girls, you use the personal pronoun that agrees with
the indefinite pronoun
each.
Traditionally, the indefinite antecedent has taken a masculine pronoun. Today, you may
use a variety of forms.
Each has
his report.
Each has
his or
her report.
Each has
her report.
All have
their reports.
SINGULAR INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
anybody
anyone
anything
each
either
everybody
everyone
everything
much
neither
nobody
no one
nothing
one
other
somebody
someone
something
PLURAL INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
several
both
few
many
SINGULAR OR PLURAL INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
some
all
any
most
none
Exercise 1
Underline the antecedent in each sentence. In the blank, write a personal pronoun
that agrees with the antecedent. In some cases, you may write more than one pronoun.
Each one
must bring
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