'Would everyone please bring their computers to the writing shop.'
The antecedent is the indefinite pronoun 'everyone', a word that takes the place of an unknown or unnamed number and gender of people; the pronoun 'their' (a possessive adjective) represents any number and gender of people.
That is the agreement, an unknown number and gender.
A pronoun that has the same gender and number as its antecedent is called pronoun-antecedent agreement.
The term pronoun-antecedent is the term for the agreement of a pronoun with its antecedent. Pronouns and antecedents must agree in number (singular or plural), person (first, second, or third person), and gender (male, female, neutral).
The person and number do not indicate gender, the noun antecedent determines gender. For example:When George got to 19th Street, he got off the train. (the noun George indicates use of the male personal pronoun)Aunt Mary made her lemon cake for the party. (the noun Aunt Mary indicates use of the female adjective pronoun)The house needs a lot of work, it has a bad roof. (the noun house indicates use of the neuter personal pronoun)
There are no pronouns in the noun phrase "just a dream".A complete sentence can be made from this noun phrase by adding a pronoun as subject and a verb.Examples:It is just a dream. (personal pronoun)That was just a dream. (demonstrative pronoun)Everything is just a dream. (indefinite pronoun)
The pronoun that takes the place of the noun phrase 'the math class' as subject of a sentence or a clause is it.Example: The math class starts at ten. It is in room two hundred.The pronoun it will also function as the object of a verb or a preposition.
The antecedent for the relative pronoun 'who' is everyone, an indefinite pronoun.
The antecedent of the possessive adjective 'their' is the subject pronoun everyone.There is no antecedent for the indefinite pronoun 'everyone', a word that takes the place of a noun (nouns) for all of the people spoken to.
Yes, a pronoun can be an antecedent. The word 'everyone' is an indefinite pronoun.Example: It's a question that everyone asks. They want to know the answer.
The antecedent for the relative pronoun "who" is "everyone." In this sentence, "everyone" is the noun that the relative pronoun refers back to, indicating that all the people who heard the news were stunned.
The antecedent of a pronoun is the word or phrase to which the pronoun refers. In this sentence, "her evening" is the pronoun, and the antecedent is the word "everyone." The pronoun "her" refers back to the word "everyone" to indicate that all the individuals at the party enjoyed the evening.
The pronoun 'everyone' is an indefinite pronoun, subject of the sentence.The indefinite pronoun 'everyone' takes the place of the unknown or unnamed nouns (names) for all who heard.
"In the sentence below, identify the pronoun and its antecedent?"In this sentence the pronoun is its.The antecedent for the possessive adjective its is the noun pronoun.
Yes, a pronoun can be an antecedent that is replaced by another pronoun.For example:You and I can finish this if we work together. (the pronouns 'you and I' are the compound antecedent of the pronoun 'we')Everyone, put your pencils down. (the pronoun 'your' takes the place of the pronoun 'everyone')
To find a pronoun's antecedent, look for the noun that the pronoun is referring to in the sentence. The antecedent will typically precede the pronoun and the pronoun will be used to replace or refer back to the antecedent in the sentence.
The antecedent is the noun or pronoun that the pronoun replaces. The noun either precedes the pronoun in the same sentence, a previous sentence, or is known to the speaker and those spoken to. An indefinite pronoun usually does not have an antecedent.For example:When George got to 19th Street, he got off the train. ("George" is the antecedent of the pronoun "he.")You and I can have lunch after we finish the laundry. (the pronoun 'we' takes the place of the pronouns 'you and I')Everyone had a good time. (the indefinite pronoun 'everyone' has no antecedent, it takes the place of the nouns/names of all the people included)June and Jane are coming to my party. They will be bringing the potato salad. (they is the pronoun for the antecedents June and Jane)
The indefinite pronoun is anyone, a word for any person of those spoken to.The antecedent of the relative pronoun 'who' is the indefinite pronoun anyone.The antecedent of the possessive adjective 'their' is the indefinite pronoun anyone.The antecedent of the personal pronoun 'it' is the noun copy.The indefinite pronoun 'anyone' has no antecedent in the sentence.
A noun or noun phrase that is replaced by a pronoun later in the sentence is called an antecedent. The pronoun refers back to the antecedent to avoid repetition and maintain clarity in the sentence.