Lesson 25: Pronoun Rules to Remember -Part3

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• Everyone in the class is quiet.

• Does anyone want to come.
  

• One is absent but the ones who are present will receive a price.

• Someone always eats the food on the table.
  

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• Few books were given to me.

• Are both of them in the game?

• Many are called to eat the big bread.

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• Some parts of the trees were cut. ('were' is used because the subject some parts refers to the plural noun trees.

• Some parts of the tree was cut. ('was' is used because the subject some parts refers to the singular noun tree.

• In my house, all my friends eat their lunch. ('eat' is used because the subject all refers to the plural noun my friends.

• In my house, all of my friend's lunch was eaten. ('was' is used because the subject all refers to the singular noun my friend's lunch.

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• This girl loves her work, but these boys dont love their work.

• A tree shook its twigs as the birds flapped their wings.

• Everybody took his library card.

• Many have mailed their applications.

• My sister tries harder if she gets a little encouragement.

Note: If two antecedents differ in gender, it is better to use the masculine pronoun his in referring to them.

• Every girl and boy must do his assignment.

• Everyone is requested to bring his packed lunch.

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*The exercise for rules 9-10 is found in the next lesson.



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~end of lesson~