New York City is a multicultural city, it has people from all over the world.
Margaret is my sister; she attends the local college.
John lost his math book, this one must be his.
The noun to which a pronoun refers is called the antecedent. Care should be used to provide the proper pronoun, in number and gender, and to avoid unclear references.
The father leaves every morning to go to his job. (antecedent father)
The girl could not remember what had happened to her. (antecedent girl)
* Number:
The tallest of the boys had his cap on backwards. (singular antecedent tallest)
Each of the cats had its own personality. (singular antecedent each)
Every one of the tribes had its own territory.
* Unclear references:
Bob told Tim that he had won a contest. (which boy won?)
When Bob won a contest, he told Jim about it. (clarified)
The most common pronoun objective complement is a reflexive pronoun. Example sentences:
I gave it to John himself.
Don't ask me what she wants, ask the girl herself.
A divided pronoun reference occurs when there are two or more nouns in a sentence that a pronoun could replace, making it difficult to know which noun the pronoun is replacing.Example:Mary and Susan went to her father's store.Whose father has the store?Clearer would be:Mary went to her father's store with Susan.
No, it is a subject pronoun because object pronouns are used as the object of a sentence. For example: "They go to the movies." = They (subject pronoun) "I go to the movies with them." = Them (object pronoun)
In the given sentence, the pronoun 'which' is an interrogative pronoun, because it introduces a question.The pronoun 'which' can also function as a relative pronoun, if the sentence read, "The beach which I like best is West Beach". In this example, the pronoun 'which' introduces the relative clause, 'which I like best'.
The pronoun 'they' is a personal pronoun, a word that takes the place of a noun for specific people or things as the subject of a sentence of a clause. (The corresponding personal pronoun that functions as an object is 'them')The pronoun 'themselves' is a reflexive pronoun, a word that 'reflects back; to its antecedent, which, in the example sentence is 'they'.
Yes. The subject pronoun is "he". You cannot use the object pronoun "him" as a subject. Example : "He knew that people did not trust him."
The unclear pronoun reference in the sentence "In California they grow the finest onions" occurs with the pronoun "they," which does not have a clear antecedent. It is unclear who or what "they" refers to in this context, creating confusion for the reader.
The sentence is an example of an improper pronoun-antecedent reference. It is not clear who the pronoun 'his' refers to, Jim or Don.The sentence must be rewritten to make the reference clear.
A remote reference pronoun refers to a noun or pronoun that appears earlier in the text, but is not adjacent to the pronoun that refers to it. These pronouns are used to avoid repetition and maintain clarity in writing.
divided pronoun reference
Example sentence:I wrote you this sentence. (direct object is 'sentence, indirect object is the personal pronoun 'you')
A pronoun co-reference is when a pronoun in a sentence refers back to another noun or pronoun previously mentioned in the text. This helps avoid repetition and maintain clarity in writing by connecting related ideas.
A divided pronoun reference occurs when there are two or more nouns in a sentence that a pronoun could replace, making it difficult to know which noun the pronoun is replacing.Example:Mary and Susan went to her father's store.Whose father has the store?Clearer would be:Mary went to her father's store with Susan.
divided pronoun reference
A divided (unclear) reference occurs when there are two or more nouns in a sentence that a pronoun could refer to. Example: "His mother and his sister were arguing over how late she could stay out at night."
unclear pronoun reference.
An example of a pronoun ambiguity or lack of clarity. This can cause confusion and make the writing less clear and effective. Clarifying the noun or noun phrase that the pronoun refers to can help improve the readability of the text.
"Before she left, Maria told her sister about the surprise party."