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Each applicant should upload their portfolio before the deadline.
8 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Examples
Use these examples to study structure, specificity, tone, and variation. They are demonstrations—not claims about a real person or organization unless the example itself makes that explicit.
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What to notice in the examples
Clear agreement lets readers identify every pronoun’s referent immediately, avoids unintended shifts between singular and plural or first and second person, and respects the person’s stated pronouns.
- Make the pronoun agree in number with its antecedent.
- Keep person consistent unless the sentence intentionally changes perspective.
- Use singular they when appropriate for an indefinite or specified singular person.
- Rewrite sentences when several possible antecedents make the pronoun ambiguous.
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The committee published its recommendation on Monday.
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The players packed their equipment after practice.
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When Priya met Anika, Priya handed over the keys is clearer than using she twice when the referent could be ambiguous.
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A reader may change their mind after seeing the full evidence.
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If you start the checklist, you should finish the verification step before submitting it.
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The company revised its policy, and the employees updated their schedules.
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Jordan said they would send the corrected file after lunch.
Keep the underlying decision or pattern, then replace the subject, evidence, relationship, constraints, and tone with details that belong to your situation. If your final line still works after swapping only one noun, it may be too close to the example.