PPT-Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns and Compound Subjects

Singular Indefinite Pronouns Singular Indefinite Pronouns A The following indefinite pronouns are singular anybody anyone anything each either everybody everyone everything neither nobody no one nothing one somebody something someone and something. Definition. A pronoun (. I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each, few, many, who, whoever, whose, someone, everybody. , etc.) is a word that takes the place of a noun. . The . antecedent. Date: 24 Jan 07. POC: . 2. Overview. Definitions. Delivery Order Contract . Task Order Contract. FAR References. Types of Indefinite Delivery Contracts. Definite–quantity contracts. Requirements Contracts. Demonstrative Pronouns. A . demonstrative pronoun. points out a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.. NOTE. : A . demonstrative pronoun. . must. take the place of a noun or pronoun – it . cannot. Grade Eight. Definition. Pronouns are one of the eight parts of speech.. Pronouns are words that take the place of a noun.. There are many types of pronouns:. p. ersonal. p. ossessive. compound personal. Ms. . Lodhie’s. Mini-Lesson on. Sophisticated Writing =). Recognize him?. (It’s . Gollum, . from “The Lord of the Rings. ”). “. We wants it, we needs it. . Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little . Neodređene zamjenice. Somebody, anything, nothing. .... We use: somebody, something, somewhere in . positive sentences.. There . is. . somebody. . at the door.. She knows . ever. y. body . here.. We use anything, anybody, anywhere in. “Nouns are the stuff in writing. In terms of writer’s craft, the well-chosen noun can be all the difference between . bug. and . cockroach. , or the writer saying “stuff” instead of a list of items that reveal something about a character or setting. Naming names gives the reader an exact image on which to focus.”. Interrupted by Prepositions, Inverted Order, Indefinite Pronouns, Compound Subjects, and Collective Nouns. Basic Subject-Verb Agreement. The subject and the verb in a sentence must agree in number.. Singular:. The words replaced are called ANTECEDENTS. Communication without Pronouns. Anthony and Mary Ellen had to find Anthony and Mary Ellen’s books and Anthony and Mary Ellen’s backpacks before Anthony and Mary Ellen could go in Anthony and Mary Ellen’s car to Anthony and Mary Ellen’s grandmother’s house.. What is an . Antecedent?. Pronouns get their meaning from the words they stand for; these words are called . antecedents. .. Antecedents are the words that pronouns take the place of later on in the sentence.. Demonstrative Pronouns. A . demonstrative pronoun. points out a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.. NOTE. : A . demonstrative pronoun. . must. take the place of a noun or pronoun – it . cannot. Learning Targets. I can identify and define pronouns. I can define the four types of pronouns. personal, reflexive, indefinite, and demonstrative. I can recite this weeks vocabulary and their definitions.. PERSONAL PRONOUNS. POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS. REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS. OUTLINE. THIS THESE vs THAT THOSE . DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS. THIS/THESE: NEAR (CLOSE TO YOU). THAT/THOSE: FAR (FAR FROM YOU). We use . this (singular) . recognize any indefinite pronouns.. This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done..