Possessive pronoun must agree in gender and number with the noun in the phrase they replace. Each possessive pronoun must agree in gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural) with ...

Not so fast, said Kevin Keegan, a high school journalism teacher in Silver Spring, Md. The pronoun “her,” he claimed, lacks a true antecedent. He said “her” can’t refer to the possessive case “Toni ...

IT'S very well-established in English grammar that (1) the verb must always agree with the number — singular or plural — of the noun or pronoun that does or states the action, and that (2) the pronoun ...

The English language has many awesome powers, perhaps none more awesome than its power to make people feel stupid. If you fancy yourself skilled with the language, you may not see my point. So allow ...

What are pronouns? Pronouns are words that are used to replace a noun. They can also be used to refer to specific people in place of their name. Personal pronouns refer to the pronoun a person uses ...

Two weeks ago, we started the series on word classes. And last week, we delved into report writing. I thought it would be useful to intersperse the series, so we go back to word classes this week. We ...