{"id":8675,"date":"2015-08-23T03:26:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T03:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/?p=8675"},"modified":"2015-08-30T01:32:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T01:32:22","slug":"english-review-of-pronoun-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/2015\/08\/23\/english-review-of-pronoun-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"English Review of Pronoun Errors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/h3>\n

Some common types of pronoun errors include pronoun agreement, pronoun ambiguity, pronoun shifts, and pronoun case. Those errors affect clarity of expression.<\/p>\n

Pronoun Agreement<\/h3>\n

Pronouns should agree in number, person, and gender with the noun or noun phrase to which they refer. A singular pronoun refers back to a singular noun and a plural pronoun refers back to a plural noun. For example, \u201cJane grabbed her books and threw them in her backpack.\u201d The pronoun them<\/strong> refers to the plural noun books<\/strong>. Similarly, the possessive pronoun her<\/strong> refers back to the owner of the books, Jane. One of the most difficult and controversial aspects of pronoun agreement results when writers cast pronouns to avoid sexism, as in a sentence like \u201cA student must bring their books to class,\u201d mixing the singular student<\/strong> with the plural pronoun their<\/strong>. It can be recast to \u201cStudents must bring their books to class.\u201d In this case, the pronoun could also be eliminated entirely, as in \u201cStudents must bring books to class.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pronoun Ambiguity<\/h3>\n

Pronouns should also refer clearly to specific antecedents. For example, \u201cWhen the cat jumped the fence, it fell over.\u201d Did the cat fall or did the fence fall? Recast as \u201cWhen the cat jumped the fence, the fence fell over.\u201d Similarly, \u201cThe senator was less interested in presenting the position of his constituents than providing a platform for special-interest groups. This led to defeat in the next election.\u201d Does the senator\u2019s defeat refer to disinterest in constituents or to interest in special-interest groups?<\/p>\n

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Pronoun Shifts<\/h3>\n

This common error occurs when a writer shifts from one viewpoint to another. For example, \u201cWhen one registers for classes, you must make sure you\u2019ve taken the prerequisites.\u201d The sentence begins with the third person one<\/strong>, and then shifts to the second person you<\/strong>. It can be recast as, \u201cWhen you register for classes, you must be careful to make sure you\u2019ve taken the prerequisites\u201d or \u201cWhen students register for classes, they must make sure they\u2019ve taken the prerequisites\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Pronoun Case<\/h3>\n

Some pronouns such as I<\/strong>, you<\/strong>, he<\/strong>, she<\/strong>, it<\/strong>, we<\/strong>, they<\/strong>, and who<\/strong> are meant to be used as subjects, while others such as me<\/strong>, you<\/strong>, him<\/strong>, her<\/strong>, us<\/strong>, them<\/strong>, and whom<\/strong> are meant to be used as objects. If a pronoun that should be used as a subject is used as an object, or a pronoun that should be used as an object is used as a subject, it is an error of case. For example, a sentence such as \u201cMary and me went to the library\u201d should be recast as \u201cMary and I went to the library.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Overview Some common types of pronoun errors include pronoun agreement, pronoun ambiguity, pronoun shifts, and pronoun case. Those errors affect clarity of expression. Pronoun Agreement Pronouns should agree in number, person, and gender with the noun or noun phrase to which they refer. A singular pronoun refers back to a singular noun and a plural […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3816,3815,3763],"class_list":["post-8675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-and-grammar","tag-agreement","tag-pronoun-errors","tag-pronoun-shift"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}