lesson 2——Pronoun reference.ppt

SAT Grammar——Pronoun reference;What is pronoun?;Pronouns： Personal pronouns: I, you, he, she, they, me, you, him, her, them　 Possesive pronouns: my, his, her, their, mine, his, hers, theirs　 Demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, those Self-reflexive pronouns: myself, himself, herself, themselves Interrogative pronouns: who, what, which Indefinite pronouns: some, any, many, both Relative pronouns: which, who, that Reciprocal pronouns: each other, one another Conjunctive pronouns: who, whom, whose, what, which, whatever, whichever, whoever, whomever;VAGUE? PRONOUN REFERENCE;;Five types of pronoun error;;Eg.: The candy dish was empty, but we were tired of eating it anyway. The reader of this sentence might think that the dish was being eaten because dish appears to be the antecedent for the pronoun it. Obviously, people do not eat dishes.? What this writer means to say is, We were tired of eating candy. However, candy cannot be the antecedent for it because candy, situated in front of the noun dish, is acting like an adjective.? Only nouns can be antecedents. ;;4. False pronoun form：subject or object ;5. False pronoun reference：singular or plural Another kind of faulty pronoun reference problem occurs when writers use a pronoun without considering the antecedent is singular or plural. Eg.：I recognized one of the girls, but I could not remember their name. ;Faulty Pronoun Reference - Exercise;; 3. Home of the world’s largest chocolate-manufacturing plant, A Hershey, Pennsylvania, was originally known as Derry Church, but B its name was changed in 1906 to honor one of their most famous C D residents. No error E ;;;;;;;