PRONOUN REFERENCE

Pronoun Reference

Is the relationship between a grammatical unit (usually a pronoun) that refers to another grammatical unit (a noun) called antecedent. A pronoun reference may point back to other item in a text (anaphoric reference) or point ahead to a later part of the text (cataphoric reference)

1. Students have to follow all the rules even if they don't like them. 2. This is not a novel to be tossed aside lighly. It should be throw with great force.

Example

• Nylon is very strong, Nylon can be machined, Nylon will take a fine thread, Nylon is also slippery and Nylon can be used to make whashers, sparcers and bushes.

• Nylon is very strong, it can be machined, it will take a fine thread, it is also slippery and it can be used to make whashers, sparcers and bushes.

Pronoun Reference

Reflexive Pronouns

Object Pronouns

Possessive Adjectives

Possessives Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

I you he she it we they

me you him her it us them

mine yours his hers -- yours thiers

myself yourself himself herself itself themself ourself

my your his her its our their

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Demonstrative Adjectives: this, that, these, those

Adverbs: here, there, now, then

Indefinite Pronouns: all, both, many, most, one, others, someone, everything

Others: the earlier, the first, the later, the following

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. (Albert Einstein)

It is harder to convince young people "they can learn" when they are cordoned off by a society that isn't sure they really can. (Jonathan Kozol)