Pronoun Agreement - Learning English

Pronoun Agreement - Learning English

Pronoun Agreement: Pronoun agreement errors occur when the pronoun and the corresponding subject do not match up. Plural subjects have plural pronouns, and singular subjects have singular pronouns.

• If a boy wants to impress a girl, they better do more than build sandcastles.
• Correction: If a boy wants to impress a girl, he better do more than build sandcastles.
• When someone is lonely, they usually go on a picnic.
• Correction: When someone is lonely, he or she usually goes on a picnic.

Note: The following pronouns are singular pronouns: anyone, everyone, whoever, someone, no one, nobody.

Practice with pronoun agreement