PRONOUN
A
pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or another pronoun. A pronoun
can refer to a person, place, thing, or idea.
The
word that a pronoun refers to is called its antecedent.
Example:
Ramon visited Death Valle, and he was
empressed.
He
refers to Ramon
Pronoun
such as we, I, he, them and it are called personal pronouns.
Personal pronouns have a variety of forms to indicate different persons, numbers, and cases.
There are first-person, second-person, and third-person personal pronouns, each having both singular and plural forms.
Singular
|
Plural
|
I
went out.
(first person)
|
We
left early.
(first person)
|
You
left too.
(second person)
|
You
are leaving.
(second person)
|
He
came by bus.
(third person)
|
They
came by car.
(third person)
|
Each
personal pronoun forms three cases: subject, object, possessive.
He read about Death
Valley.
↓
Subject
Julie
asked him about the rocks.
↓
Object
Ramon
bought his book.
↓
Possessive
Pronouns
help you talk about people concisely whe you’re telling a story.
Antecedent
The antecedent is the noun or pronoun that
a pronoun replaces refers to.
Use a singular
pronoun to refer to a singular
antecedent.
Ex: One story has its setting in
Egypt
Use a plural
pronoun to refer to a plural
antecedent.
Ex: The characters have their
motives for murder.
The pronoun must agree in person with the antecedent.
Ex: Louis
like his mysteries to have surprise
endings.
The gender
of the pronoun must be the same as the gender
of its antecedent.
Personal pronouns have three gender forms:
- Masculine: he, his, him
- Feminine: she, her, hers
- Neuter: it, its
Feminine
Agatha
Christie sets many of her
stories in England.
Her refers to 
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
Masculine
The hero
has to use all his wits to solve the
crime.
His refers to → Hero
In your writing, you will sometimes refer
to several people or groups of people. Correct pronoun-antecedent agreement
will help your reader keep track of who is who in your writing.
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