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The notion of “concord”, meaning agreement between grammatical elements, applies in most
cases to items in the subject and verb positions. However, subject-verb agreement is but one of
such agreements that exist between grammatical items in English. In this paper, the focus of
our analysis will be on noun-pronoun agreement and how possible choices of pronouns are
used to refer back to the subject. In English, agreement, which is broken into person (1st, 2nd,
3rd), number (singular, plural) and gender (masculine, feminine, and neuter) must exist between
the subject of a sentence and its object - the deictic reference pronouns which refer back to it
Basically we have two types of reference in English: Endo and Exo-references. Endo reference
can be said to be a reference within a sentence, while Exo-reference can be said to be a
reference outside a sentence. Endo reference is subdivided into two; Anaphoric (which means
referring backward) and Anaphoric (which means referring to something that is yet to be
stated).
Thus, we are going to consider some sentences that contain reference pronouns; the focus of
our consideration is going to be on the possible referents the following pronouns index.
A. John said that he would never kiss Jenny.
B. George believes that Jonathan hates himself
C. While Mary and fanny were sleeping, Jack and Bob were making dinner for them.
D. While Mary and fanny were sleeping, Jack and Bob were making dinner for themselves.
E. Sarah told to Edith that she would never be able to live alone.
F. When Harry and Rita wake up too late, he always gets angry.
G. Mrs. Green agreed that her neighbor could give her his keys while he would be away.