Page 771 - Wordsmith A Guide to College Writing
P. 771
Pronoun Agreement
2 Correct problems in pronoun agreement.
Pronoun agreement means that a pronoun must agree in number
with the word it refers to. In other words, a singular pronoun can refer
only to a singular noun or pronoun, and a plural pronoun can refer
only to a plural noun or pronoun.
The word that a pronoun refers to is called its antecedent. An
antecedent may be a noun, a pronoun, or even a compound
construction, such as pens and pencils or Sam or Lilah.
Examples of Correct Pronoun-Antecedent
Agreement
antecedent pronoun
Julian picked up the hammer and put it in the toolbox.
In the sentence above, the singular pronoun it refers to one word in
the sentence, the singular word hammer.
