Pronoun Antecedent Agreement—Lecture Notes

Singular noun Singular pronoun NOTE: If you do not like referring to a team or family as “it” or “its,” then you can make revisions that permit you to use the plural pronoun “their.” Notice that in the sentences below, the collective nouns “team” and “family” have become part of a prepositional phrase and the new subject (members) is now the antecedent for “their.” ................
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