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Correct: Mark put his grocery bag on the counter.
This sentence is now correct because the male pronoun his refers to the male person,
Mark.
Incorrect: The woman she went to work earlier than usual.
This sentence is incorrect because the subject the woman is repeated by the pronoun
she.
Correct: The woman went to work earlier than usual.
Correct: She went to work earlier than usual.
These sentences are now correct because the unnecessary repeated subject has been
removed.
Exercise 2
On a separate sheet of paper, correct the following sentences that have pronoun errors.
If the sentence is correct as it is, write OK.
- Us are going to the county fair this weekend.
- Steven did not want to see a movie because she had a headache.
- The teacher congratulated Maria and me.
- The eighth grade students they were all behaving mysteriously well.
- Derrick and he received the best grade on the grammar test.
Relative Pronouns
A relative pronoun is a type of pronoun that helps connect details to the subject of the
sentence and may often combine two shorter sentences. The relative pronouns are who,
whom, whose, which or that.
Sentence: A relative pronoun is a type of pronoun.
The subject of this sentence is a relative pronoun. The clause is a type of pronoun gives
some information about the subject.
The relative pronoun that may be added to give more details to the subject.
Sentence using a relative pronoun: A relative pronoun is a type of pronoun that
helps connect details to the subject of the sentence.