Grammar Girl #1.210 "Pronouns and Antecedents"
The number one is the number of Grammar Girl assignments we have done, and the number 210 is the number of the episode on the Grammar Girl website.
Remember, you write a 3-5 summary. Then you write one example from you writing that either shows how you follow the rule or how you broke the rule. You need to cite from which assignment the example comes. Finally, you respond to a classmate's post in a meaningful way.
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This episode was about how people use pronouns amd antecedents incorrectly. Meaning they either forget to even add an antecedent and this just makes the sentence akward for people to understand.Another is when a pronoun get put before antecedents.Last the Pronoun and antecedent doesnt match and that then makes a sentence confusing.
When the king got to old he abdicated his power to the prince(vocab#2)
Taryn
Summary
Antecedents and pronouns go hand and hand. As a quick reminder, there are two different types of pronouns, subject, and object. “Ante” is a prefix for things that go before other things. The antecedent is the subject in the beginning of a sentence, which is later replaced with a pronoun. When using antecedents and pronouns, it allows the writer to expand his or her word choices, and limits repetitiveness. As a writer, you must monitor your pronouns and ensure they have an unambiguous antecedent that is both before and near each pronoun.
Example
From my AP Literature Essay.
"Othello is a war veteran who attracts Desdemona with his heroic stories [...]"
Othello is the antecedent, which is later replaced with the pronoun, his.
Response
Taryn's example is a good example because "king" is the antecedent, and is replaced with the pronoun "his."
Pronouns are used so that we don't have to overuse the nouns. To prevent overusage, we use antecendents. This episode of grammar girl had to deal with pronouns and their antecedents and how people use them incorrectly.
Every pronoun takes the place of an antecedent. For example, "he" takes the place of "Mike" and "they" takes the place of "Bonnie and Clyde".
People misuse them by not including an antecedent, putting the pronoun before the antecedent, and confusing the reader as to which pronouns refer to certain antecedents.
This from Vocabulary Homework #4 for Period 5:
The teacher demands our assiduous attention for her lecture.
Christian's example is a correct example of how to use pronouns and antecedents. "His" refers to "Othello" in a correct fashion. The antecedent comes before the pronoun and they are not too distant.
Well basically it was about the top ten language myths an with the help of some punctuation. #10 talks about how independent clauses are squished together without the help of punctuation or a conjunction (run on sentences). Even if your only using 6 words or less it still can be a run on sentence like "i am short he is tall. Ive done that before but it was like when I first started writing real big formal essays in middle school not knowing how punctuation and conjunctions should be used. But now I dont make those mistakes because I am very aware of them. Another time ive dont it was when I wrote a poem to this girl I like i told her "mi heart is big urz is small". I broke the rule but i was writing poerty i have that freedom to make it sound good with improper grammar.
Christian had a very informative paragraph.I like how he/she broke it down an explained it word for word and didn't leave anything out. I kind of learned a little bit more from his paragraph that i didn't pick up with the grammar girl.
I learned of the different types of antecedents,and how they differ when using them with pronouns and such. One key aspect is to have your antecedents come first before the pronoun. And it makes sense since the prefix of 'antecedent'=before.
@ryan:
Haha..good use of the example of breaking the rule when using poetry.
Edwin C.
Per.1
This weeks episode taught me how to identify and use antecedents. Antecedents are the nouns that are replaced by pronouns in a sentence to avoid too much repetition of the noun. Three common errors should be watched out for when using an antecedents. Mostly they are easily avoided by putting the antecedents before the pronouns, as they always should be used, and by being more specific as to where the pronoun belongs.
For Example,
At school, they said we can't be late.
Here in this sentence, the word "they" is refering to the administration of the school. There isn't enough specification, resulting in confusion.
In response to Edwin...
antecedent does not mean before, although the prefix ante does. Very brief summary and example, which i like mostly because i don't have to read and analyze more. :) Although more explanation of the lesson would have been better and most likely would have gotten you a solid B at least...oh well.
-Matt
FIN.
In episode 210, Pronouns and Antecedents, Grammar Girl discusses the proper way to use a pronoun. A pronoun is a word that takes the place of an earlier noun. This earlier noun is called the pronoun's antecedent, and must be found before the given pronoun to void confusion. Your reader should not be left guessing what the pronoun refers to, so it is important to make sure there is a specific and definite antecedent nearby.
Ex.
When you take it out, make sure the trash bag isn't ripped.
This is incorrect, because the reader's first thought might be 'take out what?'.
Make sure the trash bag doesn't have a hole when you take it out.
Response:
Taryn,
You don't explain how your example is correct.
Paul Campos
The grammar girl eposode #1.210 talks about how people use pronouns that dont clearly match up to the nouns there suppose to replace. Basically pronouns take the place of a specific noun.
Example-
If you say "We won the championship"
"WE" would be the pronoun that appear in the subject position.
Response
i like how christian broke it down in ways i can understand it alot more. He said somethings that ididnt pick up on the grammar girl listening. He was very informative an i look forward to your next summary of grammar girl.
The episode 46 of grammar girl talks about passive an active voices. In an active sentence, the subject is doing the action.Then in a passive voice the target of the action gets promoted to the subject position.
Example= active voice
I you all have heard then Marvin Gaye sound "i heard it through the grapevine".Well in that sentence "I" would be the subject that is doing the action and the action is hearing it through the grapevine.
Example=passive voice
If I wanted to make the title of the Marvin Gaye song passive I would say "It was heard by me through the grapevine"
Even though those are the examples from the grammar girl page. I pulled them out because I listen to Marvin Gaye alot an I say it the same way not thinking about if its passive or active. It all falls back on how you have the freedom to make your song,poem,etc, rhyme without making grammar corrections.
WASHINGTON, RYAN
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