Pronoun-Antecedent agreement

Pronoun-antecedent agreement refers to the grammatical rule that a pronoun must agree in number and gender with its antecedent (the noun it replaces).

An antecedent is the noun or noun phrase that a pronoun refers to or replaces in a sentence.

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun to avoid repetition, such as he, she, it, they, etc.

Use 'his or her' when referring to a singular antecedent that could be either male or female.

Use 'their' as a singular pronoun when the gender of the antecedent is unknown or when referring to a non-binary individual.

When 'each' is the antecedent, use a singular pronoun (e.g., 'each of the students has his or her own book').

When 'neither' is the antecedent, use a singular pronoun (e.g., 'Neither of the boys has his homework').

'None' can be singular or plural depending on the context, but often takes a plural pronoun (e.g., 'None of the cookies are left').

'Its' is a possessive pronoun meaning 'belonging to it', while 'it's' is a contraction for 'it is' or 'it has'.

Collective nouns can take either singular or plural pronouns depending on whether the group is acting as a single unit or as individuals (e.g., 'The team won its game' vs. 'The team members celebrated their victory').