名词与代词和所有格的一致.ppt

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1、24.2 Noun-Pronoun Agreement and Noun-Possessive Case Agreement1)Generally,a pronoun must agree in person and number with its referent(i.e.the noun a pronoun refers back to).The two sisters have their own different characters.They were talking about one of the girls in my class,but I didnt know her a

2、t all.2)Nouns such as audience,class,committee,crew,company,enemy,family,faculty,gang,government,public and team require a plural pronoun when they refer to the individuals composing the collective,but a singular pronoun when they refer to the collective as a whole.The public demanded that the gover

3、nment(should)carry out its new economic policy.The government discussed this problem yesterday but they didnt reach any agreement.Every(Each)family has its own problems.The Smith family are always quarrelling among themselves.Nowadays the public admires the successful.Its sympathy for failures is sk

4、in-deep.When the public found they were deceived by the media,their anger was beyond description.3)Indefinite pronouns denoting“person”like one,everyone,everybody,no one,nobody,anyone,anybody,somebody,someone,etc.,when used as the subject,require a singular personal pronoun such as“he,him,his”.If an

5、ybody asks for me,please tell him to come to my office.Everyone must finish his work by tomorrow.Note:(1)“One”may also be replaced by the pronoun“one”and its possessive case may also be“ones”.One has to be careful about what one says before children.(2)In informal style,plural pronouns may be used.No one has handed in their paper.Everyone has given their opinion on the issue.4)Indefinite pronouns denoting“thing”like everything,anything,something,nothing,etc.,when used as the subject,must be replaced by a singular pronoun like“it,its”.Something has gone wrong with the machine,hasnt it?