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ANTECEDENT
IF A PERSON WANTS
TO SUCCEED IN
CORPORATE LIFE,
YOU HAVE TO KNOW
THE RULES OF THE
Antecedent a person (third person)
Solution Example
Change the second person singular, you, to a third If a person wants to succeed in corporate life, he or
person singular pronoun. she has to know the rules of the game.
Change the third person singular antecedent, a person, If you want to succeed in corporate life, you have to
to a second person singular antecedent. know the rules of the game.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO
SUCCEED IN
CORPORATE LIFE, THEY
HAVE TO KNOW THE
RULES OF THE GAME.
Antecedent anybody (third person singular)
Solution Example
If people want to succeed in corporate life,
Make the antecedent plural.
they have to know the rules of the game.
If anybody wants to succeed in corporate life,
Make the pronoun singular.
he or she has to know the rules of the game.
IF A PERSON WANTS TO
SUCCEED IN
CORPORATE LIFE, HE
HAS TO KNOW THE
RULES OF THE GAME.
a person (third person neutral
Antecedent
singular)
he (third person masculine
Pronoun
singular)
Conclusion no gender agreement
Solution Example
If a person wants to succeed in corporate life,
Replace the pronoun he with he or she.
he or she has to know the rules of the game.
If people want to succeed in corporate life,
Make the entire sentence plural.
they have to know the rules of the game.
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