Question

Which sentence has a pronoun-antecedent error? A) Mrs. Kim and Mrs. Wilson, never good friends, got over their grudge surprisingly fast. B) Each of the men says that they will be happy to volunteer to grill at the barbecue. C) Either Anthony or Dolores is bringing his or her guitar to the church retreat. D) Both of the female soloists pronounced their words very clearly.

Answer 1

Pronoun-antecedent agreement is when the pronoun and the antecedent relate to eachother. A prounoun is word that stands in for or takes place of a noun. An antecedent is word for which a pronoun stands. The pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number.

The sentence that has a pronoun-antecedent error is B.

• Each of the men says that they will be happy to volunteer to grill at the barbeque.

Each is a singular indefinite prounoun, so the antecedent should be he. The antecedent should be masucline, because we are referring to only men.

Answer 2

B. It should be, "each of the men say", not says, because it's multiple men and not just one.