ELU Pronoun Antecedents (Passing the TEAS: Episode 11)

[@erinbrown6962]

Am I the only one that has never heard of an Antecedent?

[@ashleybuchanan8488]

I wish I you had these available years ago! Thanks for being so thorough but yet so quick and to the point. God bless you!

[@jeremiahlinares5593]

Thank you!

[@sweetdvlcs]

Taking my exam on Thursday!!! I am so nervous . Wish me luck😢

[@carolynmcallister1496]

Good luck!!!

[@noahsantiago1924]

Your videos are great! Can you please give More examples on this one.

[@erinbrown6962]

I LOVE your videos!! They are really helping me!! I appreciate how you make them short and easy to understand! Are you making new videos? You are amazing! Thank you!!! 12-28-2020

[@noahsantiago1924]

Professor do you have any videos on conventions of standard English, knowledge of language and vocational acquisition for the ATI teas test ? If you don’t can you please share.

[@mylinmom07]

Perfect , thanks!

[@samantham2095]

Is "its" the correct word to use or "it's"?

[@carolynmcallister1496]

Depends how you use it in a sentence. "It's" is a contraction for It is. "Its" is the possessive form of "it." EX: The computer and all its hardware are in the office.

[@samantham2095]

@@carolynmcallister1496 Thank you for explaining. Can you please do a video with examples on how to find supporting details? I took the TEAS practice and I got most of the supporting details questions wrong.

[@johnfitz4154]

Can the

[@supramon808]

Are u single ma’am?

[@carolynmcallister1496]

No, I am a very happily married old lady! (But not that old!!) :)

[@jessicagiroux7157]

First, i would like to say thank you so much for doing these videos! I have been learning so much from you in such a short time. More than what i have over the past year studying with ATI. you make things very simple and easy to understanding with your tone and teaching techniques. You are making such a difference with future nurses such a myself who have seemed to find themselves at odds end when it comes to passing this test, especially here in California. It takes more than just needing passing score. It is extremely competitive here so depending on what your school requires, you may find yourself needing to ACE this exam. Nonetheless, big thanks to you for taking the time to help people who you don't even know and will most likely never meet. You're an ANGEL! helping future angels. Thank you Carolyn :) I would like to ask for a video on diagramming sentences. I am having a hard time even locating where the antecedent is, among other word parts like, phrases, predicates and complete predicates. Thank you in advance and i also love Sunday study tips! i find them very motivating.

[@carolynmcallister1496]

What a sweet message! Thank you so much, and I am so happy that you find my videos helpful. I will create a video on diagramming sentences to help you. I've been a bit behind on my recording because the end of the semester is very hectic (as I'm sure you and probably everyone else knows)! However, I will be reducing the numbers of hours I work - effective this summer - so I can have more time to devote to helping you all. Thank you so much for watching!

[@wyndywynn2139]

I missed several questions due to my lack of understanding this rule: the pronoun closest is the one you use for the agreement. For example, “The girls or boy didn’t get his” ... I couldn’t figure that out on the test, and there was a couple of those questions. Thank you! I retake tomorrow.

[@oseniabiri3637]

Thank you so much Carolyn, you are such an amazing professor, I appreciate all your devoted time and concern for us. May God bless you in all that you do. I find it difficult to identify the misplaced words use in a sentence please can you make a video for that. Thanks

[@ericsamuelson446]

Very helpful! I struggle with grammar so visualizing is important for me.

[@heatherrodriguez3782]

I highly recommend the book "Quick Access Reference for Writers" 8th edition for the English section. Definitely worth buying if you are struggling to pass the English section.Carolyn McAllister you are awesome!

[@elizabethdunn8388]

You are amazing! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

[@susanlim9062]

Hi Professor! Can you explain what you mean by "agrees with the antecedent 'closest' to the pronoun? Closest as in side by side distance in the sentence or...?

[@tiffanydavis3632]

The pronoun would be “their” or “his/her”. In the first example, the pronoun used is “their” because the pronoun antecedent is “nurses” - plural. So, the plural “nurse(s)” makes the sentence include the pronoun “their”. As in the second example, she used the word nurse. This is no longer plural. Thus being said, that would make the pronoun a singular pronoun, “his/her”. Hope that helped :)

[@donnamarie1708]

Hi Professor McAllister, thanks so much for your videos! So far they have simple, helpful, and straight to the point. 5:03: Question about the compound subjects joined by "nor/or." You said to use a pronoun that agrees with the antecedent that is closest to the pronoun. Seems like the antecedent is AFTER nor or or, but doctor and doctors is also close to the pronoun. Are we always going to pick the antecedent when it is after the pronoun and not before?

[@hennaahmed6211]

same. i am still so confused about this.

[@vannie279]

Nor/or just means that you are dealing with two antecedents (doctor/nurses) instead of one. The point is to find the antecedent in the sentence that is closest to the pronoun (their/his/her). When using nor/or, the pronoun is dependent on whether the closest antecedent (nurses) is singular or plural. In the first example, the noun that comes closest to the pronoun (their) is nurses. Nurses is plural so the their is plural. Hope this helps anyone else having trouble!!

[@TheKodarity]

Hey Carolyn could you please make a video on how to identify Active and passive sentences

[@carolynmcallister1496]

I will soon!

[@hdela8172]

Like 632👍🏾 Learning is occuring🤗

[@claudinendonwi2328]

Thank you professor

[@senaiteyob3641]

Thank you so much, professor. i admire all your videos. They are easy to understand and important to learn them.

[@carolynmcallister1496]

Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad you find them easy to understand --- that was my goal! Good luck to you!

[@mmonae6122]

Great videos. Please make a video that show how to use punctuation marks.

[@carolynmcallister1496]

Hi, I have posted one regarding the use of commas and semi-colons. I'm working on one now for quotation marks, apostrophes, and dashes. It should be posted by this weekend. Thanks for watching!

[@sophiabenveniste8476]

Thanks Carolyn! I have a question about the pronoun antecedent agreement. On the TEAS 7 people-first language is taken into consideration and I was wondering if in the example of "Neither the doctors nor the nurse wanted to take his or her break" could be equivalent to "Neither the doctors not the nurse wanted to take their break" to use language inclusive of people who use they/them pronouns? Please let me know what you think! Thank you

[@tannerhale4318]

This one video has helped me improve my scores by a couple points. Carolyn is a saint.

[@Meriem-ij9yp]

You're great 👍

[@carolynmcallister1496]

Thank you! Good luck to you!

[@sterling2344]

Very informative

[@judahrobinson1814]

I have so enjoyed all your videos. I am hoping to hear back from nursing schools soon. In two years from now I hope I will come back and be able to say I am a nurse!!

[@carolynmcallister1496]

Thank you, and I'm sure you will be receiving your acceptance letter soon! Good luck to you!

[@tamarawhite1036]

Thank you 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@lovetswizzle1313]

But can you say "Someone dropped their napkin on the floor"? Even though that is using singular and plural?

[@carolynmcallister1496]

Technically, no. If it's on the TEAS, go with his or her. People frequently use 'their' with 'someone," but it is incorrect. Hope this helps!

[@quranchannel4622]

Thank you

[@munis2007]

How do I purchase your blue book for English portion ?

[@carolynmcallister1496]

Hi, there! I do not have anything for purchase! :)

[@Ichi-9]

So if I write: Someone left their napkin on the floor. That is incorrect right? It would have to be singular.

[@carolynmcallister1496]

Tricky, tricky! Actually, it should read "Someone left his/her napkin on the floor." However, we don't typically write (or speak) like that, do we? :)

[@Ichi-9]

@@carolynmcallister1496 Yes! That is why I always struggle with Language arts but hey I'm willing to improve :) thank you for the videos

[@daniellestubbs573]

Do you have another video on pronoun antecedents? I'm trying to understand it!

[@carolynmcallister1496]

No, I do not have another video...yet. But maybe this will help: look at this sentence: "My mother is a baker, and she is very talented." The 'she' is the pronoun antecedent (so you don't have to say 'Mother' again) to Mother. You wouldn't have said: "My mother is a baker, and it is very talented." Nor would you say: "My mother is a baker, and he is very talented." You've got to make sure the pronoun you use matches the noun it replaces. Hope this helps a bit. Good luck to you!

[@daniellestubbs573]

@@carolynmcallister1496 Thank you so much!

[@ayalacesa]

in 2:30 you say the doctors wore their lab COATS not coat, did you mis read it professor by accident ? that confused me

[@carolynmcallister1496]

"Doctors" is plural, "their" is plural, "coats" must be plural. Hope that helps!

[@ayalacesa]

I'm sorry I meant to say, you said "the doctors wore their lab coats" not labs coat as it is written in the powerpoint.

[@carolynmcallister1496]

@@ayalacesa Hi, thank you for bringing that to my attention! It was a typo...it should have read "their lab coats." I am so sorry!

[@tamaraholness1254]

I wish you taught grammar

[@carolynmcallister1496]

Thank you...I will be recording more Grammar videos during the Winter Break.

[@lafleurkm3055]

Thank you for these videos, you are remarkable.

[@carolynmcallister1496]

Thank YOU!