Pronouns

When you see a pronoun,

• find antecedent - noun of that pronoun,
• make sure it makes sense,
• that it is the only possible antecedent, and
• it agrees in number

Pronoun case

1. Subject pronouns - I, you, he, she, it, we, they, who
2. Object pronouns - me, you, him, her, it, us, them, whom
3. Possessive pronouns - my/mine, your/yours, his, her/hers, its, our/ours, their/theirs, whose

Famous (for mistake) Five: It, Its, They, Them, Their

• It and its - singular
• They, them and their - plural
• 'Their' problem - eg. "Whenever a student calls, take down their grievances" is wrong, the correct form is "Whenever a student calls, take down his or her grievances"

4Ths - This, That, These, Those

• use any as adjective in front of a noun
• use that/those to indicate a "copy" of the meaning of antecedent word (not the same thing)
• it/they mean the same actual thing as the antecedent
• that/those must agree in number with the previous version, otherwise you must change number by repeating the noun
• do not use this/these in place of nouns
• also do not use that/those in place of nouns unless you modify that/those
• use it/they/them instead.