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Agreement of Pronoun with Antecedent

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  4. Agreement of the predicate with the subject
  5. Agreement of the Predicate with the Subject
  6. Agreement of the predicate with the subject (general notion, rules of agreement).

Note: Every day brings its charm (day – antecedent of its).

Ann visited her (Ann – antecedent of her).

1. If two or more singular antecedents are joined by or, not, either/or, or neither/nor, use a singular pronoun to refer to them.

e.g. Either Tom or Rosa should read her story.

Either the girls or the boys should read their books.

2. If two or more singular antecedents are joined by and or both/and, use a plural pronoum to refer to them.

e.g. Both Tom and Rosa volunteered their help.

3. If you don’t know the gender then use his or his or her.

e.g. Each winner received his prize.

or Each winner received his or her prize.

or just use the plural form

e.g. All winners received their prizes.

5. a) Singular Indefinite Pronouns
anybody either neither one anyone everybody nobody somebody each everyone no one someone

e.g One of the girls left her book on the desk.

Neither of the men can loan you his car.

If gender is not indicated use his or his or her.

e.g. Everybody must bring his own tennis racket.

or Everybody must bring his or her own tennis racket

b)

Plural Indefinite Pronouns
both few many several

e.g. Few of my acquaintances have their own cars.

Several of the tourists lost their way.

c)

Singular or Plural Indefinite Pronouns
all any most none some

Compare and remember!

a number – означає декілька, якась (велика чи мала) кількість; синонім до слів several, a few. e.g. There are a number of pages missing in the book. – В книжці не вистачає декілька сторінок.   the number – означає загальну кількість. e.g. The number of students attending concerts is increasing. – Кількість студентів, які відвідують концерти зростає.

Adjectives and Adverbs

Compare: adjective(adj)adverb(adv)
1. beautiful slow 1. beaautifu ly slow ly
2. is used a) before noun a) after verb e.g. She is a beautiful woman.e.g. She dresses beatufily.
 
b) after the verbs: be, look, appear, seem, feel, taste, smell, sound. e.g. She seems confident.  
3. exeption a) good a) well e.g. He is a good swimmer. e.g. He swims well.
4. exeption b) fast b) fast e.g. It’s a fast car. e.g The car goes fast. hard hard e.g. It’s a hard work. e.g. He worked hard. early/late early/late e.g. I was late. e.g. I came late.
5.exeption c) friendly, lovely, lonely, silly, ugly c)in a e.g. He is a friendly guy. friendly, lovely, lonely, silly, etc way/manner/fashion e.g. He smiled in a friendly way (or manner, or fashion).
6.exeption d) adjective can be used after the to refer to a group of people in general e.g. the rich, the poor, the young, the elderly, the strong etc. e.g.We should have more respect for the elderly.

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