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Arely Razo
Professor Sabir
English 201B
17 September 2009
Dents Delusional Pronouns
Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns function are re-placement words for nouns phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are personal, possessive and indefinite. Pro-nouns have different functions: pronouns that do not refer to a person or a particular object are indefinite pronouns; a possessive pronoun shows possession; personal pronouns replace an object or a person. Pronouns can prevent needless repetition. An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronoun that reference it? (Pollitt and Baker 70-83). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In “go big or go home,” Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents.
Dent makes a pronoun/ antecedent agreement error: He states… “ Hey, Stewie, when a skater dude goes to Ludville pipe, they need to go big or go home. The singular antecedent “A skater” does not agree with the plural pronoun “they.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the plural pronoun “they” with a singular pronoun “he.” The revised sentence will read, “ Hey Stewie, when a skater dude foes to Ludville pipe, he needs to go big or go home.
Dent makes a pronoun/ antecedent error with an indefinite pronoun: He states… “Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home.” The singular antecedent “Nobody” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their.” to fix the sentence, he needs to replace the singular pronoun “Nobody” with the plural non “in-laws.” The revised sentence will read, “In-laws want to put
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their relatives in a home.”
Dent makes a pronoun/ antecedent agreement error using a collective noun. Dent writes “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel like chewed up gum.” The singular antecedent “clan” doesn’t agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their.” The collective noun “clan” is singular because it is referring to a group that is functioning as a unit. Dent needs to replace the plural noun “their” with the singular pronoun “his.” The revised sentence will read, “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make his relatives feel like chewed up gum.”
Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors should consider the wise words of Thomas Browne: “There is music wherever there is harmony, order or proportion.” Good writing is like good music. Having a pronoun agreement brings good lyrics and understanding to music. Having harmony, order or proportion creates a beautiful song for the eyes of the people.










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Work cited
Brownie, Tomas. Attackthetext.com. Sept. 2009. http://attackthetext.com
Dent, Jimmy. “Go Gig or Go Home.” 21 Sept. 2009.
Pollitt Gary and Baker Craig. Stewart Pidd Hates English. Fullerton, CA: Attack Tex Publishing, 2009.
 
Cynthia Phan
Professor Sabir
English 201A 8-9am
21 September 2009
Personal Pronoun Problems

Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: pronouns function as replace words for nouns phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are personal, possessive, and indefinite. Pronouns have different functions: pronouns that do not refer to an object or a particular person are indefinite pronouns; possessive pronouns show possession; personal pronouns replace an object or a specific person. Pronouns can prevent unnecessary repetition. An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronoun(s) that references it (Pollitt and Baker 70-83). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In" Go Big or Go Home," Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents.

Dent makes a pronoun/ antecedent agreement error: He states… "Hey Stewie, when a skater dude goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go home or go big"(1). The singular antecedent "skater dude" does not agree with the plural pronoun" they". To fix the sentence, Dent need to replace the singular pronoun “ skater dude” with a plural pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “Hey Stewie, when skaters dude goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home.”

Dent makes a pronoun/ antecedent agreement error. He states… “ Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home”(2). The singular antecedent “ nobody” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “ their.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the singular indefinite pronoun “ nobody” with a plural noun plural noun. The revised sentence will read, “they want to put their relatives in a home.”

Dent makes a pronoun antecedent agreement error. Dent writes, “ On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel like chewed up gum. The singular antecedent “ clan” does not agree with a plural possessive pronoun “ their”. The collective noun “ clan” is singular because the word “ clan” is naming a group or class, so it is functioning as a unit. To fix the sentence Dent need to replace the possessive plural pronoun “ their” with a singular pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “ On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make his relatives feel like chewed up gum.”

Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors should consider the wise words of Thomas Browne: “ There is music wherever there is harmony, order or proportion.” Good writing is like good music. Having pronoun agreement bring a flow to one’s writing. Having harmony, order or proportion creates rhyme in the writing.

Works Cited
Browne, Thomas. Attackthetext.com. 21 Sep. 2009.
http://attackthetext.com.
Dent, Jimmy. “ Go Big or Go Home.” 29 Feb. 2009
Pollitt, Gary, and Baker, Craig. Stewart Pidd Hate English.
Fullerton, CA: Attack Text Publishing, 2009.
 
Mai Bee Lor
Professor Sabir
English 201A 8-8:50 am
21 September 2009
Dents Disastrous Pronoun Agreement
Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns
function as replace words for noun phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that
give writers trouble are personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, and indefinite. Pronouns have
different functions: pronouns that do not refer to an object or a particular person are indefinite
pronouns; possessive pronouns show ownership; personal pronouns replace an object or a
person. Pronouns can prevent unnecessary repetition. An antecedent is the noun that comes
before or after the pronoun(s) that references it (Pollit and Baker 70-83) . Faulty pronoun
agreement is a common writing error. In “Go Big or Go Home,” Jimmy Dent fails to make his
pronouns agree with their antecedents.
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error: “Hey, Stewart, when a skater dude
goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home” (1). The singular antecedent “ skater
dude” does not agree with the plural pronoun “they.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace
the singular antecedent “skater dude” with a plural antecedent. The revised sentence will read,
“Hey, Stewart, when skater dudes goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home.”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error with an indefinite pronoun. He states,
“Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home” (2). The singular antecedent “Nobody” does not
agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the
singular indefinite pronoun “Nobody” with a plural pronoun. The revised sentence will read
“They don’t want to put their relatives in a home.”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error using a collective noun. Dent writes,
“On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel like chewed up gum” (2).
The singular antecedent “clan” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their.” The
collective noun “clan” is singular because it is a group functioning as a unit. To fix the sentence,
Dent needs to replace the plural pronoun “their” with a singular pronoun. The revised
sentence will read, “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make my relatives feel like
chewed up gum.”
Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors should consider the
wise words of Thomas Browne: “There is music wherever there is harmony, order or
proportion.” Good writing is like good music. Having pronoun agreement brings harmony to
ones writing. Having harmony, order or proportion creates good writing.
 
Mai Bee Lor
English 201A 8-8:50 am

Works Cited
Browne, Thomas. Attack the text.com. 21 Sept. 2009 http://attackthetext.com.
Dent, Jimmy. “Go Big or Go Home.” 29 Feb. 2009.
Pollitt, Gary and Baker, Craig. Stewart Pidd Hates English. Fullerton, CA: Attack Text
Publishing, 2009.
 
Julianne Bauer
Professor Sabir
English 201B
September 23, 2009

Pronoun Problems
Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns function as re-place words for nouns phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are personal,possessive and indefinite. Pronouns have different functions: pronouns that do not refer to an object or a particular person are indefinite pronouns; possessive pronouns show ownership; personal pronouns replace an object or a person. Pronouns can prevent unnecessar repetition. An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronoun that reference it (Pollitt and Baker 70-83). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In “Go big or go home,” Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents. Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error: “ Hey stewie when a skater dude goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home”. The singular antecedent “skater dude” does not agree with the plural pronoun “they”. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the singluar antecedent “Skater dude” with the plural antecedent “skater dude”. The revised sentence will read, “Hey, stewie when skater dudes go to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error with an indefinite pronoun. He states, “Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home. The singular antecedent “nobody” does not agree with the plural pronoun “their”. To fix the sentence, dent needs to replace the singular indefinite pronoun “nobody” with the plural noun “Grandchildren”. The new sentence will read “no gradchildren” want to put their relatives in a home.
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error using a collective noun. He writes, “on a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel like chewed-up gum.” The singular antecedent “Dent Clan” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their”. The collective noun “clan” is singular because the clan is acting together. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the plural pronoun “their” with the singular pronoun “its”. The revised sentence will read,” on a good day, the dent clan will unite to make its relatives feel like chewed-up gum”.
Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors should consider the wise words of Thomas Brownie: “There is music wherever there is harmony, order or proportion. “
Good writing is like good music. Having pronoun agreement brings good songs to ones writing and understand what their saying. Having harmony, order or proportion creates good writing.

Works Cited
Brown,Thomas Attackthetext.com 23 September 2009
Http://attackthetext.com Dent, Jimmy “Go Big or Go Home” 29 Feb 2009
Pollitt, Gary and Baker, Craig. Stewart Pidd Hate English. Fullerton,CA: Attack Text Publishing, 2009
 
Julianne Bauer
Professor Sabir
English 201B M,W 1-2:50
September 23, 2009

Pronoun Problems
Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns function as re-place words for nouns phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are personal,possessive and indefinite. Pronouns have different functions: pronouns that do not refer to an object or a particular person are indefinite pronouns; possessive pronouns show ownership; personal pronouns replace an object or a person. Pronouns can prevent unnecessar repetition. An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronoun that reference it (Pollitt and Baker 70-83). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In “Go big or go home,” Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents. Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error: “ Hey stewie when a skater dude goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home”. The singular antecedent “skater dude” does not agree with the plural pronoun “they”. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the singluar antecedent “Skater dude” with the plural antecedent “skater dude”. The revised sentence will read, “Hey, stewie when skater dudes go to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error with an indefinite pronoun. He states, “Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home. The singular antecedent “nobody” does not agree with the plural pronoun “their”. To fix the sentence, dent needs to replace the singular indefinite pronoun “nobody” with the plural noun “Grandchildren”. The new sentence will read “no gradchildren” want to put their relatives in a home.
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error using a collective noun. He writes, “on a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel like chewed-up gum.” The singular antecedent “Dent Clan” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their”. The collective noun “clan” is singular because the clan is acting together. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the plural pronoun “their” with the singular pronoun “its”. The revised sentence will read,” on a good day, the dent clan will unite to make its relatives feel like chewed-up gum”.
Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors should consider the wise words of Thomas Brownie: “There is music wherever there is harmony, order or proportion. “
Good writing is like good music. Having pronoun agreement brings good songs to ones writing and understand what their saying. Having harmony, order or proportion creates good writing.

Works Cited
Brown,Thomas Attackthetext.com 23 September 2009
Http://attackthetext.com Dent, Jimmy “Go Big or Go Home” 29 Feb 2009
Pollitt, Gary and Baker, Craig. Stewart Pidd Hate English. Fullerton,CA: Attack Text Publishing, 2009
 
Adriana Jones
Professor Sabir
English 201A
22 September 2009
Pronoun Prison
Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns function as replacement words for noun phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are personal, possessive, and indefinite. Pronouns have different functions: pronouns that do not refer to an object or a particular person are indefinite pronouns; possessive pronouns show possession; personal pronouns replace an object or a person. Pronouns can prevent useless reptition. An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronoun that references it (Pollitt and Baker 70-83). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In “Go Big or Go Home,” Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents.
Dent makes a pronoun/ antecedent agreement error: “ I was out front working on my old motorcycle and said, “Hey Stewie, when a skater dude goes to Ludville pipe, they need to go big or go home”(1). The singluar antecedent “ skater dude” does not agree with the plural pronoun “they.” To fix the sentence Dent needs to replace the singular antecedent with a plural pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “I was out front working on my old motorcycle and said, “Hey Stewie, when skaters go to Ludville pipe, they need to go big or go home.”
Dent makes a pronoun/ antecedent agreement error with an indefinite pronoun. He states, “Stewart Pidd!” I yelled, through the rusty spokes of my front rim, “Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home”(2). The singular indefinite antecedent “Nobody” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their.” To fix the sentence Dent needs to replace the singular indefinite antecedent “Nobody” with a plural pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “Stewart Pidd!” I yelled through the rusty spokes of my front rim, “In-laws do not want to put their relatives in a home.”
Dent makes a pronoun/ antecedent agreement error using a collective noun. Dent writes “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel like chewed up gum”(2). The singular antecedent “clan” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “ their.” The collective noun “clan” is singular because it is describing a group working as one. To fix the sentence Dent needs to replace the plural possessive pronoun “their” with a singular pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make its relatives feel like chewed up gum.”
Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors should consider the wise words of Thomas Browne: “There is music wherever there is harmony, order or proportion.” Good writing is like good music. Having pronoun agreement brings order to one’s writing. Having harmony, order or proportion creates heavenly words.
Works Cited
Browne, Thomas. Attackthetext.com. 23 Sept. 2009 http://attackthetext.com
Dent, Jimmy “Go Big or Go Home.” 29 Feb. 2009.
Pollitt, Gary, and Craig Baker. Stewart Pidd Hates English. Fullerton, CA: Attack Text Publishing, 2009
 
Cynthia Phan
Professor Sabir
English 201A 8-9am
21 September 2009
Personal Pronoun Problems

Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: pronouns function as replace words for nouns phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are personal, possessive, and indefinite. Pronouns have different functions: pronouns that do not refer to an object or a particular person are indefinite pronouns; possessive pronouns show possession; personal pronouns replace an object or a specific person. Pronouns can prevent unnecessary repetition. An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronoun(s) that references it (Pollitt and Baker 70-83). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In" Go Big or Go Home," Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents.

Dent makes a pronoun/ antecedent agreement error: "Hey Stewie, when a skater dude goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go home or go big"(1). The singular antecedent "skater dude" does not agree with the plural pronoun" they". To fix the sentence, Dent need to replace the singular antecedent “skater dude” with a plural antecedent. The revised sentence will read, “Hey Stewie, when skaters go to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home.”

Dent makes a pronoun/ antecedent agreement error. He states. “Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home”(2). The singular antecedent “nobody” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the singular indefinite pronoun “nobody” with a plural noun plural noun. The revised sentence will read, “In-laws do not want to put their relatives in a home.”

Dent makes a pronoun antecedent agreement error. Dent writes, “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel like chewed up gum.” The singular antecedent “clan” does not agree with a plural possessive pronoun “their”. The collective noun “clan” is singular because the word “clan” is naming a group or class, so it is functioning as a unit. To fix the sentence Dent needs to replace the possessive plural pronoun “their” with a singular pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make his relatives feel like chewed up gum.”

Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors should consider the wise words of Thomas Browne: “There is music wherever there is harmony, order or proportion.” Good writing is like good music. Having pronoun agreement brings flow to one’s writing. Having harmony, order or proportion creates rhyme in the writing.

Works Cited
Browne, Thomas. Attackthetext.com. 21 Sep. 2009.
http://attackthetext.com.
Dent, Jimmy. “Go Big or Go Home.” 29 Feb. 2009
Pollitt, Gary, and Baker, Craig. Stewart Pidd Hate English.
Fullerton, CA: Attack Text Publishing, 2009.
 
Final version.

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Arely Razo
Professor Sabir
English 201B
22 September 2009

Dents Delusional Pronouns

Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns function as re-placement words for nouns phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are personal, possessive and indefinite. Pro-nouns have different functions: pronouns that do not refer to a person or a particular object are indefinite pronouns; a possessive pronoun shows possession; personal pronouns replace an object or a person. Pronouns can prevent needless repetition. An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronoun (s) that reference it (Pollitt and Baker 70-83). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In “Go Big or Go Home,” Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents.

Dent makes a pronoun/ antecedent agreement error: He states… “Hey, Stewie, when a skater dude goes to Ludville pipe, they need to go big or go home” (1). The singular antecedent “skater dude” does not agree with the plural pronoun “they.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the plural antecedent “they” with a singular antecedent “he.” The revised sentence will read, “Hey Stewie, when a skater dude goes to Ludville pipe, he needs to go big or go home.”

Dent makes a pronoun/ antecedent error with an indefinite pronoun: He states… “Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home” (2). The singular antecedent “Nobody” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their.” to fix the sentence, he needs to replace the singular

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pronoun “Nobody” with the plural noun “in-laws.” The revised sentence will read, “In-laws don’t want to put their relatives in a home.”

Dent makes a pronoun/ antecedent agreement error using a collective noun. Dent writes “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel like chewed up gum” (3). The singular antecedent “clan” doesn’t agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their.” The collective noun “clan” is singular because it is referring to a group that is functioning as a unit. Dent needs to replace the plural noun “their” with the singular pronoun “its.” The revised sentence will read, “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make its relatives feel like chewed up gum.”

Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors should consider the wise words of Thomas Browne: “There is music wherever there is harmony, order or proportion.” Good writing is like good music. Having a pronoun agreement brings good lyrics and understanding to music. Having harmony, order or proportion creates a beautiful song for the eyes of the people.








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Work cited

Browne, Thomas. Attackthetext.com. 21 Sept. 2009 < http://attackthetext.com >.
Dent, Jimmy. “Go Gig or Go Home.” 21 Sept. 2009.
Pollitt, Gary, and Baker Craig. Stewart Pidd Hates English. Fullerton, CA: Attack Tex t
Publishing, 2009.
 
Final version of Essay 2
Mai Bee Lor
Professor Sabir
English 201A 8-8:50 am
21 September 2009

Dents Disastrous Pronoun Agreement

Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns function as replace words for noun phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, and indefinite. Pronouns have different functions: pronouns that do not refer to an object or a particular person are indefinite
pronouns; possessive pronouns show ownership; personal pronouns replace an object or a person. Pronouns can prevent unnecessary repetition. An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronoun(s) that references it (Pollit and Baker 70-83) . Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In “Go Big or Go Home,” Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents.

Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error: “Hey, Stewart, when a skater dude goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home” (1). The singular antecedent “skater dude” does not agree with the plural pronoun “they.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace
the singular antecedent “skater dude” with a plural antecedent. The revised sentence will read,
“Hey, Stewart, when skaters go to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home.”

Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error with an indefinite pronoun. He states, “Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home” (2). The singular antecedent “Nobody” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the singular indefinite pronoun “Nobody” with a plural noun. The revised sentence will read “Son-in-laws don’t want to put their relatives in a home.”

Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error using a collective noun. Dent writes, “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel like chewed up gum” (2). The singular antecedent “clan” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their.” The
collective noun “clan” is singular because it is a group functioning as a unit. To fix the sentence,
Dent needs to replace the plural pronoun “their” with a singular pronoun. The revised
sentence will read, “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make his relatives feel like
chewed up gum.”

Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors should consider the
wise words of Thomas Browne: “There is music wherever there is harmony, order or
proportion.” Good writing is like good music. Having pronoun agreement brings harmony to
ones writing. Having harmony, order or proportion creates good writing.















Works Cited
Browne, Thomas. Attack the text.com. 21 Sept. 2009 http://attackthetext.com.
Dent, Jimmy. “Go Big or Go Home.” 29 Feb. 2009.
Pollitt, Gary, and Baker, Craig. Stewart Pidd Hates English. Fullerton, CA: Attack Text
Publishing, 2009.
 
Kathleen Adams Dent 1
Professor Sabir
English 201-A
22nd September 2009

Dent’s Dilemma with Pronouns
Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns functions as re-placement words for noun and noun phrases. The Three common types of pronouns that give writes trouble are personal, possessive and indefinite. Pronouns have different functions: Pronouns that do not refer to a person or a particular object or a person or a particular object are indefinite pronouns: a possessive pronoun shows possessiveness; and personal pronouns replace an object or a person. Pronouns can prevent un-wanted repetition.
An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronoun or pronouns that it reference (Pollitt and Baker 70-83). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In “Go Big or Go Home,” Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents.
Dent’s make a pronoun/antecedent agreement error, “Hey Stewart, when a skater dude goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home’ (2). The singular antecedent “skater dude” does not agree with the plural pronoun “they”. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to re-place the singular antecedent “skater dude” with the plural antecedent. The revised sentence will read “Hey Stewie, when a skater dude goes to Ludville Pipe he needs to go big or go home.”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent error with an indefinite pronoun: He states, “Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home.” (3) The singular antecedent “Nobody” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their.” To fix the sentence he needs to re-place the singular pronoun “Nobody” with the plural noun “in-laws.” The revised sentence will read, “Mother-in-laws do not want to their relatives in a home.”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error using a collective noun. Dent writes, “On a good day the Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel kike chewed up gum.”(4) The singular antecedent “clan” does not agree with the plural pronoun “their.” The collective noun “clan” is singular because it relates to group of people acting as a unit. To fix the sentence Dent needs to re-place the plural pronoun “0 their” with a singular pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “On a good day, the Dent clan will joined to make his relatives feel like chewed up gum.”
Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors, should consider the wise words of Thomas Browne: “There is music wherever there is harmony, order or proportion.” Good writing is like good music. Having pronoun agreement brings harmony to ones writing. Having harmony, order or proportion creates good writing skills.







Works Cited
Browne, Thomas Attack the text.com. 21 Sept.
http://attackthetext.com
Dent, Jimmy. “Go Big or Go Home.” 29 Feb.2009
Pollitt Gary, Baker, Craig Stewart Pidd Hates English
Fullerton, CA Attack Text Publishing, 2009
 
Rhonda Washington Professor Sabir
English 201A
24 September, 2009

Dictating Dent’s Paper

Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns function as re-placement words for long phrases and nouns. The common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are personal, possessive, and indefinite. Pro-
nouns have different functions: pronouns that do not refer to an object or a particular person are indefinite pronouns; possessive pronouns show ownership; personal pronouns replace an object or a person. Pronouns can prevent writers to avoid repetition. An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronoun that reference it (Pollitt and Baker 70-83). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In “Go Big or Go Home”, Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents.

Dent makes apronoun/antecedent agreement error: “skater dudes” does not agree with the plural pronoun “they”. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to change the plural pronoun “they” with a singular pronoun. The revise sentence will read. “Hey, Stewie,
when a skater dudes goes to Ludville Pipe,they need to go big or go home.

Dent makes apronoun/antecedent agreement error with and indefinite pronoun. Dent writes the singular antecedent “nobody” that does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their”. Dent needs to change the singular indefinite pronoun “none” to fix the sentence. It should state “None of the Dent’s want to put their relatives in a home”.

Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error using a collective noun. Dent writes the singular antecedent “clan” which does not agree with the plural possessive
pronoun “their”. The collective noun functions as a unit / group. To fix this error Dent must replace the plural pronoun “their” with “its”. The revised sentence should read “On a good day, the Dent’s clan will unite to make it’s relatives feel like chewed-up gum.

Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors should consider the wise words of Thomas Browne:“There is music wherever there is harmony,
order or proportion”. Good writing is like good music. Having pronoun agreement helps writers avoid unnecessary repetition. Having harmony, order or proportion creates a pleasurable paper to read.
























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Works Cited

Dent, Jimmy “Go Big or Go Home”.

29 February, 2009.

Pollitt, Gary and Baker, Craig. “Steward Pidd Hates English”.

Fullerton, Ca. : Attack The Text Publishing, 2009.

Pollitt, Gary and Baker, Craig. attackthetext.com. 18 September, 2009.

http://attackthetext.com
 
Gilbert Canlas
Professor Sabir
English 201A 1-2:50pm
24 September 2009

Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: pronouns function as replacement words for noun phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are personal, possessive, and indefinite. Pronouns have different functions: Pronouns that do not refer to an object or a particular person are indefinite pronouns; possessive pronouns show possession; personal pronouns replace an object or a specific person. Pronouns can prevent unnecessary repetition. An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronoun(s) that references it (Pollitt and Baker 70-83). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In  "Go Big or Go Home," Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents. 

Dent makes a pronoun/ antecedent agreement error: He states "Hey Stewie, when a skater dude goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go home or go big"(1). The singular antecedent "skater dude" does not agree with the plural pronoun "they". To fix the sentence, Dent need to replace the singular pronoun “skater dude” with a plural pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “Hey Stewie, when skaters dude goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home.”

Dent makes a pronoun/ antecedent agreement error. He states “Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home”(2). The singular antecedent “nobody” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the singular indefinite pronoun “nobody” with a plural noun plural noun. The revised sentence will read, “they want to put their relatives in a home.”

Dent makes a pronoun antecedent agreement error. Dent writes, “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel like chewed up gum"(2). The singular antecedent “clan” does not agree with a plural possessive pronoun “their”. The collective noun “ clan” is used to name a group that is functioning as a unit, therefore it is a singular word. To fix the sentence Dent need to replace the possessive plural pronoun “their” with a singular pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make his relatives feel like chewed up gum.” 

Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors should consider the wise words of Thomas Browne: “There is music wherever there is harmony, order or proportion.” Good writing is like good music. Having pronoun agreement bring a flow to one’s writing. Having harmony, order or proportion creates rhyme in the writing.






Works Cited
Browne, Thomas. Attack the text.com. 21 Sept. 2009 http://attackthetext.com.
Dent, Jimmy. “Go Big or Go Home.” 29 Feb. 2009.
Pollitt, Gary and Baker, Craig. Stewart Pidd Hates English. Fullerton, CA: Attack Text
Publishing, 2009.
 
Kathleen Adams Dent 1
Professor Sabir
English 201-A
22nd September 2009
2nd draft

Dent’s Dilemma with Pronouns
Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns functions as re-placement words for noun and noun phrases. The Three common types of pronouns that give writes trouble are personal, possessive and indefinite. Pronouns have different functions: Pronouns that do not refer to a person or a particular object or a person or a particular object are indefinite pronouns: a possessive pronoun shows possessiveness; and personal pronouns replace an object or a person. Pronouns can prevent un-wanted repetition.
An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronoun or pronouns that it reference (Pollitt and Baker 70-83). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In “Go Big or Go Home,” Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents.
Dent’s make a pronoun/antecedent agreement error, “Hey Stewart, when a skater dude goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home’ (1). The singular antecedent “skater dude” does not agree with the plural pronoun “they”. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to re-place the singular antecedent “skater dude” with the plural antecedent. The revised sentence will read “Hey Stewie, when a skater dude goes to Ludville Pipe he needs to go big or go home.”Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent error with an indefinite pronoun: He states, “Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home.” (2) The singular antecedent “Nobody” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their.” To fix the sentence he needs to re-place the singular pronoun “Nobody” with the plural noun “in-laws.” The revised sentence will read, “Mother-in-laws do not want to their relatives in a home.”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error using a collective noun. Dent writes, “On a good day the Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel kike chewed up gum.”(3) The singular antecedent “clan” does not agree with the plural pronoun “their.” The collective noun “clan” is singular because it relates to group of people acting as a unit. To fix the sentence Dent needs to re-place the plural pronoun “0 their” with a singular pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “On a good day, the Dent clan will joined to make his relatives feel like chewed up gum.”
Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors, should consider the wise words of Thomas Browne: “There is music wherever there is harmony, order or proportion.” Good writing is like great sex. Having pronoun agreement brings satisfaction to ones writing. Having harmony, order or proportion creates excellent writing skills.










Works cited
Title: Stewart Pidd Hates English
Authors: Gary Politt and Craig Baker
Publisher: Attack Text Publishing
City of Publication: Fullerton, CA
Year Published 2009

Website: Attackthetext.com
Author: Thomas Browne
URL:http://attackthetext.com
Date accessed (22 Sept. 2009):
Title “Go Big or Go Home”
Author: Jimmy Dent
Essay due date: 22 Sept. 2009
 
Matthew Young
Professor Sabir
English 201A 8-8:50 am
26-9-09

Dents Destroys Pronoun Agreements

Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns function as replaced words for noun phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, and indefinite. Pronouns have different functions: pronouns that do not refer to an object or a particular person are indefinite pronouns; possessive pronouns show ownership; personal pronouns replace an object or a person. Pronouns can prevent unnecessary repetition. An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronoun(s) that references it (Pollit and Baker 70-83). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In “Go Big or Go Home,” Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents.
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error: “Hey, Stewart, when a skater dude goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home” (1). The singular antecedent “skater dude” does not agree with the plural pronoun “they.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace
the singular antecedent “skater dude” with a plural antecedent. The revised sentence will read, “Hey, Stewart, when skaters go to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home.”
Dent makes another pronoun/antecedent agreement error with an indefinite pronoun. He states, “Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home” (2). The singular antecedent “Nobody” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the singular indefinite pronoun “Nobody” with a plural noun. The revised sentence should read “Son-in-laws don’t want to put their relatives in a home.”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error using a collective noun. Dent writes, “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel like chewed up gum” (2). The singular antecedent “clan” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their.” The
collective noun “clan” is singular because it is a group functioning as a unit. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the plural pronoun “their” with a singular pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make his relatives feel like chewed up gum.”
Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors should consider the
wise words of Thomas Browne:“There is music wherever there is harmony, order or
proportion.” Good writing is like good music. Having pronoun agreement brings harmony to
ones writing. Having harmony, order or proportion creates good writing skills.

Works Cited
Browne, Thomas Attack the text.com. 21 Sept.
http://attackthetext.com
Dent, Jimmy. “Go Big or Go Home.” 29 Feb.2009
Pollitt Gary, Baker, Craig Stewart Pidd Hates English
Fullerton, CA Attack Text Publishing, 2009
 
Mary Perez Perez 1
Ms. Sabir
English 201b
September 27, 2009
Pronoun Perfection
Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns function as reference words for noun phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are indefinite, possessive, and personal. Pro-nouns have different functions: pronouns that do not refer to an abject or a particular thing are indefinite pronouns; possessive pronouns show ownership; personal pronouns replace an object or thing. Pronouns can prevent unnecessary repetition. An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronoun that reference it (Pollit and Baker 70-83). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In “Go Big or Go Home”, Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents.
Dent makes his first pronoun/antecedent agreement error in the opening paragraph. He states, “Tessy and I moved into her and my beachfront house on Philistine Avenue” (1). The plural antecedent “Tessy and I” does not agree with the singular possessive pronouns “hers and my”. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the singular possessive pronouns “her and my” with a plural pronoun. The revised sentence will read “Aunt Tessy and I moved into our beachfront house on Philistine Avenue”.

Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error: His quotation read, “Hey, Stewie, when a skater dude goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home”. The singular antecedent “skater dude” does not agree with the plural pronoun “they”. To fix the sentence, Dent must replace the plural pronoun “they” with a singular pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “Hey, Stewie, when a skater dude goes to Ludville Pipe, he needs to go big or go home.
Dent makes an indefinite pronoun/plural pronoun error: He states, “Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home (3)”. The singular antecedent “Nobody” does not agree with the plural pronoun “their”. To fix the sentence, Dent must replace the indefinite plural pronoun “Nobody” with a plural noun. The revised sentence will read, “The In-laws don’t want to put their relatives in a home”.
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent error: The original quote read, “On a good day the Dent clan will unite to make its relatives feel like chewed-up gum (4)”. The singular antecedent “clan” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “theirs”. The collective noun “clan” is singular because it is working as a unit. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the plural possessive pronoun “theirs” with a singular possessive pronoun. The revised sentence will read “On a good day the Dent clan will unite to make its relatives feel like chewed-up gum”.
Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors should consider the wise words of Thomas Browne: “There is music wherever there is harmony, order or proportion”. Good writing is like good music. Having pronoun agreement brings order and proportion to ones writing. Having harmony, order or proportion creates perfect sense of understanding.


Perez 3
Works Cited
Browne, Thomas. Attackthetext.com. 24 Sept. 2009
http://attackthetext.com
Dent, Jimmy. “Go Big or Go Home”. 29 Feb. 2009.
Pollit, Gary, and Baker Craig. Stewart Pidd Hates English. Fullerton CA: Attack the text publishing, 2009.
 
Lornna Taylor
Professor Sabir
English 201A
25 September 2009.


Dent and his Pronouns
Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns functions are replace words for noun phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, and indefinite pronouns. Pronouns have different functions: pronouns that do not refer to an object or a particular person are indefinite pronouns; possessive pronouns show ownership; personal pronouns can prevent inessential repetition. An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronoun(s) that reference it (Pollitt and Baker 70-83). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In “Go Big or Go Home,” Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents.
Dent makes his first pronoun/antecedent agreement error in the opening paragraph. He states, “Tessy and I moved into her and my beachfront house on Philistine Avenue”(1). The plural antecedent “Tessy and I” does not agree with the singular possessive pronouns “hers and my.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the singular possessive pronouns “her and my” with a plural pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “Aunt Tessy and I moved into our beachfront house on Philistine Avenue.”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error: ”Hey Stewart, when a Skater dude goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home.” The singular antecedent, “skater dude” does not agree with the plural pronoun, “they.” To fix this sentence, Dent needs to replace the singular antecedent, “skater dude,” with a plural antecedent. The revised sentence will read, “Hey Stewart, when skater dudes go to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home.
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error with an indefinite pronoun. He states, “Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home.“ The singular antecedent “Nobody” is not in agreement with a plural pronoun “their.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the singular indefinite pronoun “Nobody” with a plural pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “We don’t want to put their relatives in a home.
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error using a collective noun. Dent writes, “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel like chewed up gum.” The singular antecedent “clan”, is not in agreement with the plural possessive pronoun “their”. The collective noun “clan” is singular because it is a group functioning as a unit. To fix this sentence, Dent needs to replace the plural pronoun “their” with a singular pronoun. The revised sentence will read,” On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make his relatives feel like chewed up gum.”
Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors should consider the wise words of Thomas Browne: “There is music wherever there is harmony, order or proportion.” Good writing is like good music. Having a pronoun agreement brings order to one’s writing. Having Harmony, order or proportion creates heavenly words.

Works Cited
Browne, Thomas. Attackthetext.com 25 Sept. 2009
http://attackthetext.com
Dent, Jimmy “Go Big or Go Home.” 29 Feb. 2009.
Pollitt, Gary, and Craig Baker. Stewart Pidd Hates English. Fullerton, CA:
Attack Text Publishing, 2009.
 
Davis 1
Earnest Davis
Professor Sabir
English 201A
17 September 2009
Dent Clan’s Personal Pronouns
Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are personal, possessive pronouns, and indefinite pronouns. Pronouns also have different function pronouns that do not refer to an object or particular people are indefinite. Pronouns can prevent words that are useless repetition. An antecedent pronoun is the noun that comes before or after the pronoun(s) that references it (Pollitt and Baker 70-84). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In “Go Big or Go Home,” Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents.
Dent makes his first pronoun/antecedent agreement error. He states, “Hey Stewie, when skater dude goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home.”(1) The singular antecedent “Skater Dude” does not agree with his plural pronoun “they”. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the singular antecedent “Skater Dude” with a plural antecedent. The revised sentence will read, “Hey Stewart, when skater dudes go to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home.
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error with an indefinite pronoun. He states, “Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home” (2). The singular antecedent “Nobody” is not in agreement with the plural possessive pronoun, “their”. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the singular indefinite pronoun “Nobody” with a plural pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “They don’t want to put their relatives in a home.”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error using a collective noun. Dent writes, “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel like chewed up gum.”(2). Davis 2
The singular antecedent “clan” is not in agreement with the plural possessive pronoun “their”. The collective noun “clan” is singular because it is a group functioning as a unit. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the plural pronoun “their” with a singular pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make his relative feel like chewed gum”.
Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors, should consider the wise words of Thomas Browne: “There is music wherever there is harmony, order, or proportion.” Good writing is like good music. Having pronoun agreement brings an order to ones writing. Having harmony, order or proportion creates heavenly words.

Davis 3
Works Cited
Browne, Thomas. Attackthetext.com.
17 September, 2009
< http://attackthetext.com>
Dent, Jimmy. “Go Big Or Go Home”.
29 February 2009
Pollitt, Gary, and Craig Baker
Stewart Pidd Hates English
Fullerton, CA: Attack Text Publishing, 2009.
 
Adetokunbo Fajemirokun
Proffesor Sabir
English 201B
1:00-2:50
23 September 2009
Jimmy’s Pronoun Problems

Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns function as replaced words for noun phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are personal, possessive, and indefinite. Pronouns have different functions: Pronouns that do not refer to an object or a particular person are indefinite pronouns; possessive pronouns show ownership; personal pronouns replace and object or a person. Pronouns can prevent unnecessary repetition. An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronouns that reference it (Pollitt and Baker 70-83). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In “Go Big or Go Home,” Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents.
Dent makes his first pronoun/antecedent agreement error in the opening paragraph. He states, “Tessy and I moved into her and my beachfront house on Philistine Avenue” (1). The plural antecedent “Tessy and I” does not agree with the singular possessive pronouns “hers and my.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the singular possessive pronouns “her and my” with the plural pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “Aunt Tessy and I moved into our beachfront house on Philistine Avenue.”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error: “I was out front working on my old motorcycle and said, “Hey, Stewie, when a skater dude goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home”(1). The singular antecedent “Skater dude” does not agree with the plural pronoun “they.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the singular antecedent “skater dude” with a plural antecedent “skater.” The revised sentence will read. “I was out front working on my old motorcycle and said, “Hey, Stewie, when a skater goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home.”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error with an indefinite pronoun. He states, “Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home” (2). The singular antecedent “nobody” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the plural possessive pronoun “their” with a singular. The revised sentence will read, “Nobody wants to put his/her relatives in a home.
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error with an indefinite pronoun. He states, “Nobody” wants to put their relatives in a home.”(2) The singular antecedent “Nobody” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the plural possessive pronoun “their” with a singular. The revised sentence will read, “Nobody wants to put his/her relative in a home.”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error using a collective noun. Dent writes, “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel like chewed up gum.”(2) The singular antecedent “Dent clan” does not agree with the possessive pronoun “their.” The collective noun “clan” is singular because a group functioning as a unit is considered singular. The pronoun Dent needs to replace the plural pronoun “their” is “its.” The revised sentence will read, “On a good day the Dent clan will unite to make its relatives feel like chewed-up gum.”
Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors should consider the wise words of Thomas Browne: “There is music wherever there is harmony, order or proportion.” Good writing is like good music. Having pronoun agreement makes the writing more functional . Having harmony, order or proportion creates a better understanding of the writing.


Brown, Thomas. Attackthetext.com. 20 Sept. 2009
http://attackthetext.com.
Dent, Jimmy “Go Big or Go Home.”
29 Feb. 2009.
Pollitt, Gary and Baker, Craig. Stewart Pidd Hates English
Fullerton, Ca: Attack Text Publishing, 2009
 
Adetokunbo Fajemirokun
Proffesor Sabir
English 201B
1:00-2:50
23 September 2009
Jimmy’s Pronoun Problems

Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns function as replaced words for noun phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are personal, possessive, and indefinite. Pronouns have different functions: Pronouns that do not refer to an object or a particular person are indefinite pronouns; possessive pronouns show ownership; personal pronouns replace and object or a person. Pronouns can prevent unnecessary repetition. An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronouns that reference it (Pollitt and Baker 70-83). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In “Go Big or Go Home,” Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents.
Dent makes his first pronoun/antecedent agreement error in the opening paragraph. He states, “Tessy and I moved into her and my beachfront house on Philistine Avenue” (1). The plural antecedent “Tessy and I” does not agree with the singular possessive pronouns “hers and my.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the singular possessive pronouns “her and my” with the plural pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “Aunt Tessy and I moved into our beachfront house on Philistine Avenue.”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error: “I was out front working on my old motorcycle and said, “Hey, Stewie, when a skater dude goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home”(1). The singular antecedent “Skater dude” does not agree with the plural pronoun “they.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the singular antecedent “skater dude” with a plural antecedent “skater.” The revised sentence will read. “I was out front working on my old motorcycle and said, “Hey, Stewie, when a skater goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home.”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error with an indefinite pronoun. He states, “Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home” (2). The singular antecedent “nobody” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the plural possessive pronoun “their” with a singular. The revised sentence will read, “Nobody wants to put his/her relatives in a home.
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error with an indefinite pronoun. He states, “Nobody” wants to put their relatives in a home.”(2) The singular antecedent “Nobody” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the plural possessive pronoun “their” with a singular. The revised sentence will read, “Nobody wants to put his/her relative in a home.”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error using a collective noun. Dent writes, “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel like chewed up gum.”(2) The singular antecedent “Dent clan” does not agree with the possessive pronoun “their.” The collective noun “clan” is singular because a group functioning as a unit is considered singular. The pronoun Dent needs to replace the plural pronoun “their” is “its.” The revised sentence will read, “On a good day the Dent clan will unite to make its relatives feel like chewed-up gum.”
Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors should consider the wise words of Thomas Browne: “There is music wherever there is harmony, order or proportion.” Good writing is like good music. Having pronoun agreement makes the writing more functional . Having harmony, order or proportion creates a better understanding of the writing.


Brown, Thomas. Attackthetext.com. 20 Sept. 2009
http://attackthetext.com.
Dent, Jimmy “Go Big or Go Home.”
29 Feb. 2009.
Pollitt, Gary and Baker, Craig. Stewart Pidd Hates English
Fullerton, Ca: Attack Text Publishing, 2009
 
Kevan Peabody
Ms. Sabir Posse
English 201 A
27 September 2009

Jimmy’s Punctuating Pronoun Problems
Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns function as replacement words for noun phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are indefinite, possessive, and personal. Pronouns have different functions: pronouns that do not refer to an object or a particular person are indefinite pronouns, possessive pronouns show possession; personal pronouns replace an object or a specific person. Pronouns can prevent unnecessary repetition. An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronoun(s) that reference it (Pollitt and Baker 70-83). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In “Go Big or Go Home,” Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents.
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error: “ Hey, Stewie, when a skater dude goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home” (1). The singular antecedent “skater dude” does not agree with the plural pronoun “they.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the singular antecedent “skater dude” with a plural antecedent. The revise sentence will read, “ Hey Stewie, when skaters go to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home.”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error with a indefinite pronoun. He states, “ Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home” (2). The singular antecedent “Nobody” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their.” The revised sentence will read, “They do not want to put their relatives in a home.”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error using a collective noun. Dent writes,” On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel like chewed- up gum” (2). The singular antecedent “clan” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun ”their.” The collective noun “clan” is singular because it functions as a unit. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the plural pronoun “their” with a singular possessive pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “ On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make its relatives feel like chewed-up gum.”
Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors should consider the wise words of Thomas Browne: “There is music wherever there is harmony, order or proportion.” Good writing is like good music. Having pronoun agreement brings harmony, order or proportion to one’s writing. Having harmony, order or proportion creates a nice flow, sound and good in the writing.









Browne Thomas. Attackthetext.com 16 Sep. 2009 Http://attackthetext.com.
Dent. Jimmy. “ Go Big Or Go Home”. 29 Feb. 2009
Pollitt, Gary, and Craig Baker. Stewart Pidd Hates English Fullerton, CA, Attack text publishing. 2009
 
Denice Satchell Satchell 1
Professor Sabir
English 201 A
23 September 2009

Jimmy’s Problem’s With Pronoun’s

Stewart Pidd Hate English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns function as rephrased words for noun phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are; personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, and indefinite pronouns. Pronouns have different functions: pronouns that do not refer to an object or a particular person are indefinite pronouns; possessive pronouns show possession; personal pronouns replace an object or a place. Pronouns can prevent unnecessary repetition. An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronoun(s) that reference it (Pollitt and Baker 70-83). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In “Go big or Go home,” Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedent.
Dent makes his first pronoun/ antecedent agreement error in the opening paragraph. He states, “Tessy and I moved into her and my beachfront house on Philistine Avenue” (1). The plural antecedent “Tessy and I” does not agree with the singular possessive pronouns “hers and my”. To fix the sentence Dent needs to replace the singular possessive pronouns “her and my” with a plural pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “Aunt Tessy and I moved into our beachfront house on Philistine Avenue.”
Dent’s second error is a pronoun/antecedent error. He writes, “Hey Stewie when a skater dude goes to Ludville pipe, they need to go big or go home.” The singular antecedent “skater” does not agree with the plural pronoun “They.” To fix the error Dent needs to replace the plural pronoun they with a singular pronoun. He should change the plural pronoun “they” to “he” and change the verb “need” to “needs”. The revised sentence should read, “Hey Stewie when a skater dude goes to Ludville pipe, he needs to go big or go home.”
The next error Dent makes is a pronoun/ antecedent error with an indefinite pronoun. Dent writes, “Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home.”The singular antecedent “nobody” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their.” In order to fix the singular indefinite pronoun “nobody” Dent needs to replace the plural pronoun “their” with a singular pronoun. The correction to this sentence would read, “Nobody wants to put his or her relatives in a home.
The final error I found in Dent’s essay was a pronoun/ antecedent error using a collective noun. In the letter Dent writes, “The Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel like chewed up gum.” The singular antecedent “clan” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun “their.” The collective noun “clan” is singular because it is a group that functions as a unit. To fix this error Dent needs to replace the plural pronoun “their” with the possessive pronoun “its”. The revised sentence would read, “The Dent clan will unite to make its relatives feel like chewed up gum.”
Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors should consider the wise words of Thomas Browne: “There is music whenever there is harmony, order or proportion. “Good writing is like good music. Having pronoun agreement brings harmony, order and proportion to ones writing. Having harmony, order or proportion creates good writing.

Works Cited
Browne, Thomas. Attackthetext.com. 23 September 09
http://attackthetext.com
Dent, Jimmy, “Go Big or Go Home” 29 February 09
Pollitt, Gary, and Craig Barker. “Stewart Pidd Hates English”
Fullerton, CA: Attack The Text Publishing 2009
 
Jimmy Sengthavilay
Professor Sabir
English 201A

Pronoun Problems

Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns function as replaced words for noun phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are personal, possessive, and indefinite. Pronouns have different functions: Pronouns that do not refer to an object or a particular person are indefinite pronouns; possessive pronouns show ownership; personal pronouns replace and object or a person. Pronouns can prevent unnecessary repetition. An antecedent is the noun that comes before or after the pronouns that reference it (Pollitt and Baker 70-83). Faulty pronoun agreement is a common writing error. In “Go Big or Go Home,” Jimmy Dent fails to make his pronouns agree with their antecedents.
Dent makes his first pronoun/antecedent agreement error in the opening paragraph. He states, “Tessy and I moved into her and my beachfront house on Philistine Avenue” (1). The plural antecedent “Tessy and I” does not agree with the singular possessive pronouns “hers and my.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the singular possessive pronouns “her and my” with the plural pronoun. The revised sentence will read, “Aunt Tessy and I moved into our beachfront house on Philistine Avenue.”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error: “I was out front working on my old motorcycle and said, “Hey, Stewie, when a skater dude goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home”(1). The singular antecedent “Skater dude” does not agree with the plural pronoun “they.” To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the singular antecedent “skater dude” with a plural antecedent “skater.” The revised sentence will read. “I was out front working on my old motorcycle and said, “Hey, Stewie, when a skater goes to Ludville Pipe, they need to go big or go home.”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error with an indefinite pronoun. He states, “Nobody wants to put their relatives in a home” (2). The singular antecedent “nobody” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the plural possessive pronoun “their” with a singular. The revised sentence will read, “Nobody wants to put his/her relatives in a home.
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error with an indefinite pronoun. He states, “Nobody” wants to put their relatives in a home.”(2) The singular antecedent “Nobody” does not agree with the plural possessive pronoun. To fix the sentence, Dent needs to replace the plural possessive pronoun “their” with a singular. The revised sentence will read, “Nobody wants to put his/her relative in a home.”
Dent makes a pronoun/antecedent agreement error using a collective noun. Dent writes, “On a good day, the Dent clan will unite to make their relatives feel like chewed up gum.”(2) The singular antecedent “Dent clan” does not agree with the possessive pronoun “their.” The collective noun “clan” is singular because a group functioning as a unit is considered singular. The pronoun Dent needs to replace the plural pronoun “their” is “its.” The revised sentence will read, “On a good day the Dent clan will unite to make its relatives feel like chewed-up gum.”
Untrained writers and speakers who make pronoun agreement errors should consider the wise words of Thomas Browne: “There is music wherever there is harmony, order or proportion.” Good writing is like good music. Having pronoun agreement makes the writing more functional . Having harmony, order or proportion creates a better understanding of the writing.


Works Cited
Brown,Thomas Attackthetext.com 23 September 2009
Http://attackthetext.com Dent, Jimmy “Go Big or Go Home” 29 Feb 2009
Pollitt, Gary and Baker, Craig. Stewart Pidd Hate English. Fullerton,CA: Attack Text Publishing, 2009
 
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