pronoun-word that replaces a noun

4 CATEGORIES OF PRONOUN ERRORS

1. Pronoun agreement
ex. If one wants good scores, you should study
2. Pronoun clarity
Unclear what the pronoun is referring to
3. Pronoun case
4. Wh-match
-who, where and when
Subject Pronouns Object Pronouns
I
He/She/They
You
We
One
It
Me
Him/Her/Them
You
Us
One
It
Subject pronouns-perform the action of a sentence
Object pronoun-receives the action of a particular verb
PRONOUN AGREEMENT
examples of errors
1. When you are writing an essay on the SAT, one does not want to confuse ones
pronouns
2. The boys were in his class
correct: The boys were in their class
3. Each of the boys in the class knew that (he/she/they) should take the SAT
-EACH is singular, and so is HE
4. The United States is a country that likes to assert (its/their) independence
United States is singular, even though its states, because the states refers to
one country
5. The police are so busy chasing one convict that (he/they) dont have time to catch
the other
look at the antecedent-noun that pronoun is preferring to
PRONOUN CLARITY
PRONOUN CASE
For instance, the difference between I and Me
examples
1. Mr. Smith did not plan to drive his daughter, Jane, and I to school this morning and a
as a result, we were late.
-cross out his daughter, Jane. Sometimes the SAT would put a noun before the
pronoun so that you cannot properly sense how the sentence can be correct
2. Between you and I, there is no reason why students should take the SAT.

SUBJECT
I
We
OBJECT
Me
Us
Between we, there is no reason why students should take the SAT
or
Between us, there is no reason why students should take the SAT
Since us makes more sense, me would be the answer, as it is also an object pronoun
WH MATCH
1. The girl (who/that) is standing there is my sister.
-that is incorrect; who refers to people
2. Paris is a place (where/in which) many couples vacation
-where and in which can be used interchangeably
3. At the moment (when/during which) IPods became popular, other Mp3 players
experienced a decline in sales
REMEMBER, BOOKS ARE NOT PLACES
example
The librarian often tried to get his patrons to vary their reading preferences by
introducing new books, but most of the young readers did not know how to take
advantage of this new access to information or to ask for it.
A. or to ask for it
B. or to ask for them
C. or to ask for these
D. or to ask for such access-it tells us what the readers do not know what to ask
for
E. or to ask for this
it can refer to advantage, access, or information
pronoun mistake can cost you 10-30 points!!!!!!!