SerranoNotes+-+Chap+10+and+11+Pronoun+Agreement+-+Rules+with+examples

-Antecedents of pronouns agree in **number**, **person**, and **gender**. -Singular pronouns refer to singular antecedents -The indefinite pronouns **each**, **either**, **neither**, **anyone**, **anybody**, **everyone**, **everybody**, **someone**, **somebody**, **no one**, and **nobody** are singular, so they need singular antecedents.

Ex. – Each of the students brought his own pencil. - Everyone has his own basketball. - No one has his vocabulary book for class. - Nobody brought her laptop on the vacation. - Did somebody bring his grammar book? -When a collective noun is used in a sentence, in order to decide whether or not it is singular or plural is to identify its use in the sentence as either, acting as one unit, or acting individually. Ex. – The council voted for Thomas as its president of the body. - The council took their seats for the meeting. - The army took their positions on the battle field. - The army hoped that Sergeant Thomas would be its leader. - The team took their positions on the field preparing for the opening kickoff.