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Grammar Day The grammatical skills you learn today will need to be used correctly in your Mel-Con paragraphs and future writing assignments, so pay close attention! Today’s Focus: Comma Splices, Fragments, and Run-ons Review Semi-Colon and Colon Review Quotes within Quotes Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement
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Page 1: Pronoun Antecedent Agreement - Quia · General Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Rules • If two antecedents are joined by either/or, neither/nor, the pronoun agrees with the antecedent

Grammar Day The grammatical skills you learn today will need to be used correctly in your Mel-Con

paragraphs and future writing assignments, so pay close attention!

Today’s Focus: • Comma Splices, Fragments, and Run-ons Review • Semi-Colon and Colon Review • Quotes within Quotes • Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement

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Why do we study grammar?

• http://wordsplosion.com/

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Comma Splices, Fragments, and Run-ons Review

What’s wrong with the following?

• The Bears better beat the Packers next time, the offensive line needs to make sure Cutler does not get sacked.

• Aaron Rodgers accurately throws the ball it will be hard for the Bears to overcome his strengths.

• Weakening the Packers’ offense.

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Semi-Colon and Colon Review Which of these are correct? 1. Paranormal Activity is more suspenseful than The Others; however, The Others has a much better twist. 2. The Others includes many gothic elements; including the supernatural. 3. I have dressed up as: Spiderman, Superman, and Batman. 4. I have dressed up in the following costumes: Spiderman, Superman, and Batman.

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Quotes within Quotes

• “My favorite song by Taylor Swift is ‘We are Never Ever Getting Back Together,’” Maggie said to Emily.

• Emily replied, “In my opinion, Taylor’s best song is ‘Love Story’ because of its uplifting tone.”

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Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement

What’s an antecedent? The word that the pronoun replaces.

– Hermione Granger threw her wand onto the floor. • (“her” renames “Hermione Granger”).

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Singular Indefinite Pronouns: (Indefinite means it refers to something

not specified) Another Anybody Anyone Anything

Each Either Everybody Everyone

Everything Little Much Neither

Nobody Nothing No one Nothing

One Other Somebody Something

Someone

Is this correct? Everyone likes to go to the park because they like to swim in the lake. No!! Everyone likes to go to the park because he or she likes to swim in the lake.

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Plural Indefinite Pronouns:

Both Few Many

Others Several

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Singular or Plural Indefinite Pronouns, depending on the

context: All All of the gas is gone.

All of the kids are gone.

(“All” refers to “gas” in the first sentence and “kids” in the second)

Any Any of the jewelry is yours for the taking.

Any of my cousins are right for the part

(“Any” refers to “jewelry” in the first sentence and “cousins” in the second)

More More of the plot is revealed in act three.

More of our plans are going towards breaking him out of jail.

(“More” refers to “plot” in the first sentence and “plans” in the second).

Most Most of the cake was gone when I got home.

But most of the cookies were still there.

(“Most” refers to “cake” in the first sentence and “cookies” in the second)

None None of information was included in the packet.

None of the students were able to finish the homework.

(“None” refers to “information” in the first sentence and “students” in the second)

Some Some of the information was in the book.

Some of the students were able to find it.

(“Some” refers to “information” in the first sentence and “students” in the second)

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Singular Nouns that Can Refer to a Man or a

Woman.

Are these correct?

• A person should be able to make up their own mind about what to wear to the party.

• Often, a doctor will leave their patients waiting for a ridiculously long time.

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Generally, these errors occur

• because the writer is trying to avoid sexism.

• because when you don’t know if the antecedent is male or female, it seems logical to use the pronoun “they.”

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When you can, just make the antecedent plural.

• A person should be able to make up their own mind about what to wear to the party (incorrect). – People should be able to make up their own mind about what to wear

to the party (correct).

• Often, a doctor will leave their patients waiting for a ridiculously long time (incorrect). – Often, doctors will leave their patients waiting for a ridiculously long

time (correct).

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General Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Rules

• If two antecedents are joined by either/or, neither/nor, the pronoun agrees with the antecedent closest to it; – Either Michael or his friends will bring their video games to the party. – Either his friends or Michael will bring his video games to the party. (This

sentence is correct, but sounds illogical. Word the sentence like the first example rather than the second).

• The pronoun agrees with the antecedent, not the object of the prepositional phrase; – Each of the dogs needs its own crate.

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Be grammatically correct or…..

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