EAP 140 PM - WANG, Lingshan - Week 6 4/4

We should make pronouns and antecedents agree.  A word which subtitutes for a noun is a pronoun.  Many pronouns have antecedents, nouns and pronouns that they refer. A pronoun and its antecedent should agree, they should be both singular or plural.

e.g.

singular：Sam didn't finish his homework yesterday.

  Sam and his → same （singular） 

plural：The students in this school always try their best.

  students and their → same (plural)

We can't use plural pronouns to refer to singular antecedents.

Indefinite pronouns

e.g.Everybody want to do his or her best in this quiz.

    Here can't be their.

Generic nouns

e.g.A student cannot cheat on their test.

    A student should be students.