We've been talking about pronouns for the past couple of days. Here are the highlights.
1. Pronouns take the place of a noun
2. Antecedents are the nouns the pronouns refer to
3. Pronouns and their antecedents must agree in gender and number
4. Verbs must agree in number with their pronoun subjects
5. Avoid vague or faulty pronoun reference
a. Ambiguous - pronoun can refer to one or more antecedent
b. Implied - the antecedent must be inferred from the text
c. Indefinite use of it, you, they
d. Broad - using this, that, which, it to refer to an idea or a clause rather than a definite antecedent
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