PRONOUNS-

ANTECEDENT
RULE #1
A PHRASE OR A CLAUSE
BETWEEN THE SUBJECT
AND VERB DOES NOT
CHANGE THE NUMBER
OF THE ANTECEDENT.
 WHAT IS A
PHRASE?
A PHRASE IS A GROUP OF
WORDS THAT FUNCTION
TOGETHER AS A UNIT
WITHIN A SENTENCE.
WHAT IS A
PHRASE?
IN THE MORNING
OF THE SKY
 WHAT IS A
PHRASE?
ALEX WOKE UP IN THE
MORNING
THE STARS TWINKLED IN
THE DARK CANVAS OF THE
SKY.
 WHAT IS A
CLAUSE?
A CLAUSE IS A
GRAMMATICAL UNIT
THAT CONSISTS OF A
SUBJECT AND A
PREDICATE.
WHAT IS A
CLAUSE?
HE IS A TEACHER.
HE ATE AN APPLE.
THE FLOWERS SMELL
SWEET.
 THERE ARE TWO MAIN
TYPES OF CLAUSES:
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE: THIS TYPE OF
CLAUSE CAN STAND ALONE AS A
COMPLETE SENTENCE.
DEPENDENT CLAUSE: THIS TYPE OF
CLAUSE CANNOT STAND ALONE AS A
COMPLETE SENTENCE BECAUSE IT
DOES NOT EXPRESS A COMPLETE
THOUGHT.
 PRONOUNS-
ANTECEDENT
RULE #1
A PHRASE OR A CLAUSE
BETWEEN THE SUBJECT
AND VERB DOES NOT
CHANGE THE NUMBER
OF THE ANTECEDENT.
 EXAMPLE
AN ARRAY OF TREES
STANDS ON ITS
GROUND.
 RULE #2
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS AS ANTECEDENT.
SINGULAR INDEFINITE PRONOUN
ANTECEDENTS TAKE SINGULAR
PRONOUN REFERENTS. AND PLURAL
INDEFINITE PRONOUN ANTECEDENTS
REQUIRE PLURAL REFERENTS.
 EXAMPLE

EACH OF THE BIRDS FLIES TOWARDS ITS

NEST.
 STORY
ONE DAY TOTOY WAS DRINKING ON THE
RIVER AND TWO LIONS SUDDENLY
APPEAR. BOTH LIONS ASSUMED THEIR
ATTACKING STANCES AND EACH LION
ATTACKED ITS PREY, TOTOY.
 ADDITIONAL
RULES
NOW WE NEED TO ADD ANOTHER RULE.
SOME INDEFINITE PRONOUNS THAT ARE
MODIFIED BY A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE
MAY BE EITHER SINGULAR OR PLURAL.
 ADDITIONAL
RULES
WHEN THE OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION
IS UNCOUNTABLE WE USE SINGULAR
REFERENT PRONOUNS.
 ADDITIONAL
RULES
WHEN THE OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION
IS UNCOUNTABLE WE USE SINGULAR
REFERENT PRONOUNS.
 EXAMPLE
SOME OF THE WAVES
REACHED ITS TOP.
 ADDITIONAL
RULES
ANOTHER RULE IS THAT WHEN THE
OBJECT NEXT TO THE PREPOSITION IS
COUNTABLE WE USE A PLURAL
PRONOUN.
 ADDITIONAL
RULES
ANOTHER RULE IS THAT WHEN THE
OBJECT NEXT TO THE PREPOSITION IS
COUNTABLE WE USE A PLURAL
PRONOUN.
 EXAMPLE
SOME OF THE ANIMALS WERE
SAVED BY THEIR OWNERS.