GMAT Prep - Verbal - Sentence Correction - Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement by Knewton

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Pronouns are words that replace nouns to make the sentence simpler. Antecedents are the nouns that are replaced by pronouns. Pronouns and antecedents must agree in person (first person, second person, and third person) as well as in number (singular, plural). Also, pronouns must match their antecedents with gender when dealing with people.

Let's take a look at an example.

"The doctors completed their rounds."

Doctors is a plural noun and there is a plural pronoun. The sentence is correct.

Let's take a look at another example.

"Jill finished her pizza."

Jill is a singular female noun and her is a singular female pronoun. The sentence again is correct.

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[lld1903]

Cool video and helpful.

[cowboybill104]

Very informative. Covers the subject completely without dragging on and on.

[JiggaTan]

this is a very common mistake that happens in a lot of students' english papers, especially when a longer sentence is formed with many subjects. very informative, and good breakdown of examples.

[vikicuil]

This video is very helpful for me and it teaches the basics of grammar.

[shaliniraj1]

The video is very helpfull and take good examples

[joehe888]

very good video

[sk8rpaco]

Good video for those who make this mistake often. I know that when I proofread my papers as well as other's for my writing class this problem comes up more than one would think. Great vid!

[teetime2009]

Thanks. I learn something new for my upcoming GMAT exam.

[ConcordTurk]

Good clean examples, however it would have been good to include one erroneous example then correct it on screen.

[victvijay]

The video was very much informative.