10. The cashier handed the change to the customer.
N O U N S A S I N D I R E C T O B J E C T S 51Lesson 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.
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