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In this sentence 'the 'boys' want 'their' dessert now' do the italicized pronouns agree in number with the italicized antecedent or antecedents?
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"The boys want their dessert now."
Yes, the possessive adjective 'their' agrees in number with the plural noun 'boys'.
The pronoun 'their' is the plural form used to describe a noun belonging to a plural noun (or two or more nouns).
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Is Alice a pronoun?
No, the word 'Alice' is a noun, a proper noun, the name of a person.A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in sentence. Example:Alice came to visit and shebrought the baby with her. (the pronouns 'she' and 'her' take the place of the noun 'Alice' in the second half of the sentence)
Is it does she clears your doubt a correct grammar?
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What are the difference between a Compound and Complex Sentence?
The difference between a compound sentence and a complex sentence is that a compound sentence has two independent clauses, connected by a Coordinator. A complex sentence on contains one independent clause. A complex sentence also always contains a subordinator.
Why put parenthesis in a sentence?
To explain something within the sentence without finishing the sentence before explaining.
What is the definition of mathematical sentence?
It's a number sentence:)
What is the pronoun and antecedent is this sentence The man walks beside the woman?
There are no pronouns in the sentence, "The man walks beside the woman."A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence. There are two nouns in the sentence: man and woman.The sentence using pronouns would read:He walks beside the woman.The man walks beside her.He walks beside her.Note: There are no antecedents in these example sentences. An antecedent is the noun that the pronoun is replacing. In the case of your original and the example sentences there is not enough information; any antecedents must be in a sentence or sentences that came before your sentence.
Does this sentence show pronoun-antecedent agreement with an indefinite pronoun Each of the applicants must submit his or her completed form to the interviewer?
The indefinite pronoun each is the antecedent for the pronouns his or her.If the sentence read, 'Each applicant must submit...', then each is used as an adjective to describe the noun 'applicant', which would then be the antecedent for 'his or her'.Both versions of the sentence and the antecedents would be correct.
Which sentences has two antecedent and one pronoun?
A a sentence with two (or more) antecedents will use a plural pronoun to take the place of all of the antecedents. Example:Red, yellow, and blue are primary colors; they can be mixed to make almost any color.When Jack and Jill finish their homework, I have lunch ready for them.
How do you wrte a sentence for antecedent?
Antecedent can be an adjective or a noun. Antecedent, as an adjective, means preceding, going before, or happening before. Antecedent, as a noun, means a preceding event or cause or something that happens before another. Antecedents means ancestors. Example sentences: The atomic bomb is the antecedent to the hydrogen bomb. She had several famous antecedents, including George Washington and Charlemagne. The antecedent term for 'you' was 'thou'.
What is the pronoun and antecedents in the sentence Elizabeth Cochrane had a special goal and succeeded in reaching it?
The pronoun is it.The antecedent is goal.
What is the atecedent of the demonstrative pronouns?
The antecedent for demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those) are the same as the antecedent for personal pronouns, the word in the sentence, previously mentioned, or identified in some way, that the pronoun represents. In the case of demonstrative pronouns, the speaker may referred to the antecedent by gesture rather that words. Examples:These are my favorite.Those were the days.Do you like this? (no verbal antecedent)These are more expensive than those. (no verbal antecedent)
A sentence using the meaning of Antecedent?
An antecedent is an English term. For example, in the following sentence, the boy is an antecedent of who.The boy who pitched the game is worn out.Ask yourself: Who is who?Who is the boy.
Although it was old and needed a lot of work Carla knew this was the house for her In this sentence what is the antecedent of the pronoun?
The pronouns in the sentence "Although it was old and needed a lot of work, Carla knew this was the house for her." are:"her", the antecedent is Carla."this", the antecedent is house"it", the antecedent is house
What are the pronouns and antecedents in the sentence The civilian conservation corps met its goal of creating 2.5 million jobs?
"The civilian conservation corps met its goal of creating 2.5 million jobs."The pronoun 'its' (a possessive adjective) takes the place of the noun antecedent 'corps'.
What is the antecedent for the capitalized pronoun Steven found HIS bike a week after it had disappeared from his yard?
The antecedent of "his" is "Steven" (for both occurrences of "his"). And the antecedent of "it" is "his bike". You can tell that from the fact that the sentence means the same when you substitute antecedents for pronouns: "Steven found Steven's bike a week after Steven's bike had disappeared from Steven's yard." However, in context, "his" might possibly have some different antecedent. It might mean "Paul's" in: "Paul was very grateful that Steven found his bike a week after it had disappeared from his yard."
What is the correct pronoun antecedent agreement in the sentence When a driver wants to buy a new vehicle he or she usually test drives it?
Driver is singular, and there is no gender given. A person cannot say "they" because they is plural. Saying "he or she" shows that it is singular, and though there is no gender given, the person is not neutral (if the antecedent is neutral, a person would say "it"). The pronouns both agree with their antecedents.
What is a stated antecedent?
The antecedent is the noun that a pronoun represents in the sentence. The stated antecedent is an antecedent that is actually in the sentence or a preceding sentence. Sometimes the antecedent is not stated, it is understood by the speaker and the listener. Examples:Margaret made this cabinet herself. She is very handy with tools. The pronouns herself and she represent the stated antecedent Margaret.This is the model car she was telling me about. The antecedent for the pronoun she is not stated, the speaker and the listener already know or understand who she is.
