Lecture 8 Pronouns (I) 英语语法教学课件.ppt

Pronoun concord in number 1) Pronoun concord with every-, some-, any- compounds as antecedent Pronoun concord in number 2) Pronoun concord with coordinate construction as antecedent Pronoun concord in number 3) Pronoun concord with collective noun as antecedent Pronoun concord in number 4) Pronoun concord with “plural noun / pronoun + each” as antecedent Pronoun concord in gender 1) Pronoun concord with male /female noun as antecedent Pronoun concord in gender 2) Pronoun concord with common gender noun as antecedent Pronoun concord in gender 3) Pronoun concord with neutral gender noun as antecedent Pronoun concord in person 1) Pronoun concord in person on sentential level Pronoun concord in person 2) Pronoun concord in person on textual level Pronoun concord in person As we strode through the alleyways between the houses, we met a few shy. ragged children who were gleefully playing with an equally ragged dog. From the scoop of his front door, a wrinkled old man with a red bandana wrapped around his head meditatively surveyed the distances beyond the mesa. In the distance, one could discern the dim shapes of the farmers in their sparse corn patches. The rhythm of a woman grinding corn could be heard along the yellow street from within one of the small apartments. * When the antecedent is a compound such as everyone, everybody, someone, somebody, anyone, anybody, no one, nobody, the pronoun and the corresponding determiner usually follow the principle of grammatical concord and take the singular form. But in informal style, when the antecedent is everybody or everyone, they can follow the principle of notional concord and take the plural form. Compare: Anybody can attend the meeting if he is interested. Everybody talked at the top of his voice. Everyone was clapping their hands. Anything on the table can be thrown away, can’t it? Note that with everything, something, anything and nothing, the pronoun and corresponding determiner can only take the