Could you help me with these pronoun agreement questions?

True or False:
1] The pronoun those is an interrogative pronoun used with singular nouns.
2] In the sentence, I took the books, the direct object can be replaced with an absolute possessive pronoun.
3] In the sentence I gave Ellen and Jane the card, the word Jane can be replaced with the objective pronoun her.
4] In the sentence Neither Bruce nor his parents enjoyed the concert, his parents can be replaced with the nominative pronoun they.
5] The sentence You handed the test results to Joan can be made into the question To whom did you hand the test results?
6] In the sentence I brought Jane herself to the party, herself is used as a reflexive pronoun.
7] Who can be either singular or plural depending on its antecedent.
8] The indefinite pronoun everyone is singular.
9] You, they, and it are reciprocal pronouns.
10] The demonstrative pronouns this and that are misused when they are not supplied with a specific antecedent or with a specific noun to modify.

1 Answer
Mar 7, 2018

Here are answers to your first four questions. Items 5 through 10 are correct as they are presented.

Explanation:

  1. "Those" refers to plural nouns. For example, "I want those peaches."
  2. In the sentence "I took the books", the direct object is "books". The word "books" can be replaced with the pronoun "them": "I took them", referring to the books.
  3. In the sentence, "I gave Ellen and Jane the card", the word "Jane" can be replaced with the pronoun "her": "I gave Ellen and her the card."
  4. In the sentence "Neither Bruce nor his parents enjoyed the concert," the term "his parents" can be replaced with the nominative pronoun "they". The new sentence would be: "Neither Bruce nor they enjoyed the concert."