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Pronoun-antecedent agreement – Grammar short lesson - 2014 -
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Pronoun-antecedent agreement – Grammar short lesson - 2014 -

A pronoun is a word used to refer to a noun mentioned earlier in the text. This noun is called the antecedent of the pronoun.

  • Susmita is a pretty girl. She also sings well. (Pronoun – she; antecedent – Susmita)

Note that the pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number and person. That means if the antecedent is a singular noun, then the pronoun used to refer to it, too, should be singular in number. >>>

 
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Infamous -S: plural, 3rd person singular, possessive case
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Infamous -S: plural, 3rd person singular, possessive caseInfamous -S: plural, 3rd person singular, possessive case

The infamous -s has caused endless arguments and agitation. This article and infographic will attempt to clear up the confusion surrounding plurals, possessives, and combinations of the two.
 
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Tags: combinations, possessives, plurals, Infamous, plural, possessive, singular, person
10 Most Unusual Collective Nouns Revealed and Explained (2012)
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10 Most Unusual Collective Nouns Revealed and Explained (2012)10 Most Unusual Collective Nouns Revealed and Explained (2012)

Collective nouns are tricky because they’re applied to groups of things, but they’re treated like singular nouns. At this point, many people are wondering what are collective nouns, and how do they work? Notable examples of collective nouns include words like group or team that cover a number of people who are treated as a singular entity.

Animal groups in particular are associated with a variety of unusual terms included in this collective nouns list. Even items of clothing, such as a pair of pants or a pair of shoes, use collective nouns that require singular verb agreement. Here are 10 outlandish examples of collective nouns.

Idioms description are also in a DOC file

 
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Tags: nouns, collective, singular, treated, Collective
Writing in the Academic Disciplines, Second Edition - A Curricular History
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Writing in the Academic Disciplines, Second Edition - A Curricular HistoryWriting in the Academic Disciplines, Second Edition - A Curricular History

To understand the ways students learn to write, we must go beyond the small and all too often marginalized component of the curriculum that treats writing explicitly and look at the broader, though largely tacit traditions students encounter in the whole curriculum,” explains David R. Russell, in the introduction to this singular study. 
 
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Tags: curriculum, students, singular, study, introduction, History, Writing, Curricular
A Singular Woman - The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother
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A Singular WomanA Singular Woman

Barack Obama has written extensively about his father, but little is known about Stanley Ann Dunham, the fiercely independent woman who raised him, the person he credits for, as he says, "what is best in me." Here is the missing piece of the story.


 
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