MGMAT - Chapter 5 - Pronouns

Antecedent is the noun of the pronoun

Antecedent

1. Must Exist and functioning as a noun (not adjective, etc)

2. Make Sense

3. Be unambiguous

4. Agree in number

Pronoun Case

Subject: She, He, They, It, I, You

Object: Them, Me, You, Him, Her, it, Us

Possessive: Hers, His, Mine, Yours, Ours, Theirs

Pronoun/Noun Antecedent Subject Parallel Clauses

a) tendency for pronouns to refer to nouns in the same case (esp if they're both subjects in parallel structures)

b) Possessive Poison Rule

Possessive nouns = possessive pronouns

- try to take the possessive noun out of the possessive case

- or replace pronoun with a noun altogether

Do not use possessives with 's

Read the article here for detailed explanation: http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2011/11/12/gmat-sentence-correction-possessives

Take extra note:

Third Person Personal Pronouns

• The deadly five: It, Its, They, Them, Their
• Especially Their, which is often used in everyday speech to refer to singular subjects.

Demonstrative Pronouns

• This, that, these, those
• Used as adjectives in front of nouns
• Used as "new copy" or copies of antecedent/nouns (must be modified -> add a description to indicate how new is different from the old)
• That/Those must agree in number with the noun, if not, repeat the noun
• Do not use in place of nouns
• Must always be followed with a noun