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| Rule #1: A pronoun should agree with its _______ in _______ |
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| antecedent; number and gender |
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| Rule #2: Use a ___ ___ to refer to a singular antecedent and use a ____ ____ to refer to a plural antecedent |
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| Singular pronoun; plural pronoun |
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| Rule #3: If a singular___ may be either ______ or ______ use both the ______ and ___ pronouns or Revise the sentence to make it plural |
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| antecedent; masculine; feminine; masculine; feminine |
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| Use a singular pronoun to refer to the following antecedents: |
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| anybody, anyone, each, either, everybody, everyone, neither, nobody, no one, one, somebody, someone |
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| Rule #5: Use a singular pronoun to refer to two or more singular _________ joined by __ or ___ |
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| Rule #6: Use a ___ to refer to two or more singular ___ joined by "___" |
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| pronoun; antecedents; "and" |
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| Rule #7: When ___ and a ___ antecedent are joined by ___ or ___, the pronoun usually agrees with the nearer antecedent |
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| singular; plural; or; nor |
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| Rule #8: Some ___ that are plural take the ____ pronouns |
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