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HIS is both masculine and singular to agree with the masculine, singular antecedent HE.
In the following sentence, she is the antecedent for the referent pronoun her. She is her sister.
Her is both feminine and singular to agree with the feminine, singular antecedent she. In this sentence, I is the antecedent for the referent pronoun, my.
After many years, I met my sister-in-law.
My is singular to agree with the singular antecedent, I.
Remember this important guideline:
A referent pronoun agrees with its personal pronoun antecedent.
indeFiniTe Pronouns
• Some indefinite pronouns as antecedents also pose a special problem, they seem as if they should be plural when really they are singular.
Use the following guidelines.
1. As antecedents, the indefinite pronouns below ALWAYS take a
singular pronoun referent.
THESE SHOULD BE EASY TO REmEmBER
either
anybody
somebody
everybody
nobody
each
neither
anyone
someone
everyone
no one
one
other
anything
something
everything
nothing
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