Here's an example.(p.s.-antecedent:the word that a pronoun refers to, there's your little dictionary definition;D)
Ex:
Brooke owns his phone.
(Did that make any sense?! Brooke, is a girl name, I am almost positive of that. Here is the correct way to put it and I'll try to explain it better.)
Brooke owns her phone.
(Ok, "Her," is referring to Brooke,so that's why antecedents have to agree with their antecedents.In the case of gender, in number,and case. That is the right way to use an antecedent. Your very welcome, I could've just saved you a crap load of trouble. I apologize. I am in a sassy mood today.:D!!)
Pronouns and antecedents agree in terms of number, gender, and person. The pronoun must match the antecedent in these characteristics to ensure clarity and grammatical correctness in the sentence. For example, if the antecedent is singular and masculine, the pronoun that refers to it should also be singular and masculine (e.g., "He went to the store").
Pronouns must agree because when they don't, a sentence makes no sense. For example: "John took their books to school." Whose books did John take to school? "John rode her bike to school." Since John is a boy, we don't know whose bike he rode. "John made themselves a sandwich." How many Johns are we talking about; how many people have to share a sandwich? "John brought its lunch from home." What lunch is that, the dog's lunch, the squirrel's lunch, an octopus that was supposed to be lunch for a shark?
Pronouns must agree in number, person, and gender with their antecedents. This means that a singular pronoun should replace a singular antecedent, a plural pronoun for a plural antecedent, and so on. It's important to ensure clarity and avoid ambiguous pronoun references.
B. Adjectival pronouns (possessive adjectives).
Ambiguity: Using pronouns without clear antecedents can confuse the reader about who or what the pronoun refers to. Agreement: Pronouns must agree in number and gender with the nouns they replace. Mismatched pronoun agreement can disrupt the flow of a sentence. Case: Using pronouns in the wrong case (subjective, objective, possessive) can result in grammatically incorrect sentences.
Antecedents can be any noun (or noun form) where pronouns will replace the repetition of the noun. The most common pronouns that replace antecedents are personal pronouns (I, me, he, she, it, we they) or possessive adjectives (my, your, his, her, its) or possessive pronouns (his, hers, theirs, mine, yours).
An indefinite pronoun and its antecedent agree in number when they are both singular or both plural.
Pronouns and antecedents agree in terms of number, gender, and person. The pronoun must match the antecedent in these characteristics to ensure clarity and grammatical correctness in the sentence. For example, if the antecedent is singular and masculine, the pronoun that refers to it should also be singular and masculine (e.g., "He went to the store").
Pronouns must agree because when they don't, a sentence makes no sense. For example: "John took their books to school." Whose books did John take to school? "John rode her bike to school." Since John is a boy, we don't know whose bike he rode. "John made themselves a sandwich." How many Johns are we talking about; how many people have to share a sandwich? "John brought its lunch from home." What lunch is that, the dog's lunch, the squirrel's lunch, an octopus that was supposed to be lunch for a shark?
Pronouns must agree in number, person, and gender with their antecedents. This means that a singular pronoun should replace a singular antecedent, a plural pronoun for a plural antecedent, and so on. It's important to ensure clarity and avoid ambiguous pronoun references.
Pronouns must agree in number and gender.
B. Adjectival pronouns (possessive adjectives).
Ambiguity: Using pronouns without clear antecedents can confuse the reader about who or what the pronoun refers to. Agreement: Pronouns must agree in number and gender with the nouns they replace. Mismatched pronoun agreement can disrupt the flow of a sentence. Case: Using pronouns in the wrong case (subjective, objective, possessive) can result in grammatically incorrect sentences.
The six personal pronouns are: I, you, he, she, it, we.
It is important to know pronoun antecedents because the antecedent determines which pronoun is used. The pronoun used is dependent on the number (singular or plural) and the gender (male, female, or neuter) of the antecedent noun.
He loved her. She loved him. The question here demostrates how dangerous the use of pronouns without antecedents can be.
Pronouns that refer mostly to people are called personal pronouns. Some personal pronouns include I, me, you, him, her, she, them, he, and they.