Grammar and Language Workbook

35. I put my gloves in a sensible place—and that always turns out to be a place you can’t
remember
36. They love to enter races in which you usually finish ahead of the crowd.

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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