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Grammar Ninja Training Phase 2

Grammar Ninja Training Phase 2. Pronoun or No Noun?. Did you know that pronouns are very political?. Who?! What?! Where?!. Ms . Radcliffe is not here right now because she is on maternity leave. . Ms . Radcliffe is not here right now because she is on maternity leave. . Antecedent .

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Grammar Ninja Training Phase 2

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  1. Grammar Ninja Training Phase 2 Pronoun or No Noun?

  2. Did you know that pronouns are very political? Who?! What?! Where?!

  3. Ms. Radcliffe is not here right now because she is on maternity leave.

  4. Ms. Radcliffe is not here right now because she is on maternity leave.

  5. Antecedent Ms. Radcliffeis not here right now because she is on maternity leave. Pronoun

  6. Ms. Thomas is teaching in her place while she is on maternity leave.

  7. Ms. Thomas is teaching inWHOSE?place whileWHO?is on maternity leave. Grammar Ninja Rule to Live and Write by: There MUST be an antecedent for EVERY pronoun! Beware of tricky nouns that look like they could be the antecedent. Is that really the noun the pronoun is referring to?

  8. Ms. Thomas is teaching inMs. Radcliffe’splace while she is on maternity leave.

  9. Michelle told Ruth that she would take Jerry to the dance. Grammar Ninja Rule to Live and Write by: There can only be ONE possible antecedent for every pronoun!

  10. Michelle decided that she would take Jerry to the dance. She told Ruth about it this morning.

  11. Jerry found a bandana in the trousers whichhe wore.

  12. Jerry found a bandana in the trouserswhichhe wore.

  13. Jerry wore the bandana, whichhe found in his trousers.

  14. Jerry wore the bandana, which he found in his trousers.

  15. Jerry wore the bandana, which he found in his trousers.

  16. In Chapter four of my autobiography it says that I was born in Pennsylvania. In the restaurant they gave me someone else's linguini.

  17. Chapter four of my autobiography states that I was born in Pennsylvania. In the restaurant, the server gave me someone else's linguini.

  18. Grammar Ninja Homework: Find a sentence that has a pronoun error. Correct it using our grammar ninja rules. Turn it in, with your name written on your artifact, for five grammar ninja points.

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