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Antecedents of indefinite pronouns
Consider the sentence, "Most of the apples are fresh." Is it incorrect to say that apples is the antecedent of the indefinite pronoun most?
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Which pronoun to to replace single antecedent?
This is my all-time question. This time, I was writing specifications of my application and came up with this question. Which one of the following is more commonly used than the others? Note that I'm ...
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What is it called when an antecedent noun follows the pronoun?
Here is the example that raised the question in my mind:
He was splashing, enjoying the jungle's great joys, when Horton the elephant heard a small noise.
Here, He refers to Horton; but one ...
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Can 'one' replace an antecedent?
Over at Judaism.SE someone asked a question with the title
(1) What is the source for not walking with one's hands behind his back
and someone else edited it to read
(2) What is the source ...
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How are pronouns resolved?
Are pronouns in English resolved syntactically or semantically? Do they always refer to the closest matching noun?
A wikipedia article has these examples:
We gave the bananas to the monkeys because ...
