G2 Pronoun Agreement
Make sure that a pronoun and its antecedent agree in number, in person, and in gender. In the following examples, the arrows connect the pronouns to their antecedents.
pronoun A word that replaces a specific noun (such as it, his, them, yours, myself, or which), points out a specific noun (such as this, these, or that), or refers to an unspecified person or object (such as everybody or each).
antecedent The word or words that a pronoun replaces and to which it refers.
number The form of a word that shows whether it refers to one thing (singular: parent) or more than one (plural: parents).
person The form of a word that shows whether it refers to I or we (first person), to you (second person), or to he, she, it, or they (third person).
gender The form of a word that shows whether it refers to a male (he) or a female (she).
The form of the antecedent and the form of the pronoun must correspond so that a reader is not troubled by inconsistencies or confused about how many, who, or which gender you mean.