EXERCISE 2. REWRITE THE SENTENCE, CHANGING THE ITALICIZED EXPRESSION T...
10. The cashier handed the change to the customer.
Lesson 9 Pronouns and
Antecedents
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.
Question 1:
How many pronouns are there in the following sentence?
Paul Steinbrenner promised Rosalie Amato that he would vote for
her.
Answer:
Two.
He is a pronoun taking the place of Paul Steinbrenner.
Her is a pronoun taking the place of Rosalie Amato.
Question 2:
What is an antecedent?
Answer:
An antecedent is the noun that a pronoun stands for.
In the sentence above, the antecedent of the pronoun he is the noun Paul Steinbrenner;
the antecedent of the pronoun her is the noun Rosalie Amato.
Question 3:
Why are pronouns important?
Answer:
Pronouns make language more smooth and efficient because they let
us express ourselves without repetition and in fewer words.
If there were no pronouns, we would have to say:
Paul Steinbrenner promised Rosalie Amato that Paul Steinbrenner
would vote for Rosalie Amato.