Pronouns

A pronoun is to agree with its antecedent in number (singular/plural) and gender (masculine, feminine, or neuter).

See the following resources:

Hacker, Diana. A Writer's Reference. 6th ed. Boston: Bedford, 2007.

pp. 187-192

G3-a "Make pronouns and antecedents agree."

G3-b "Make pronoun references clear."

Links:

http://www.methodist.edu/english/dd_pref.htm

http://www.methodist.edu/english/pref.pdf

http://www.methodist.edu/english/pr_answers.pdf

For examples of errors and corrections in pronoun reference, see the attached PowerPoint presentation.