Communication 1213
Pronouns
Definitions of language
antecedent agreement rules 1
antecedent agreement rules 2
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Which is more believable Verbal or Non-verbal
Non-verbal
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What is a Demonstrative Pronoun? give 2 examples
Demonstrative pronouns refer to things using distance from self as a qualifier examples are This, These, That, Those
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What is a Subject?
words that describe what or whom the sentence is about .
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What are the and what is the purpose of a pronoun antecedent agreement?
The agreement rules between the the antecedent and referent, to make sure that the sentence makes sense and agrees with the tense.
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Antecedent Agreement Rule 5
Collective nouns; they may be singular or plural depending on meaning. When you have group terms that theoretically would be group that act as one, the referent is singular.
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What are the two truths about communication
1. The message sent is not always the message received 2. The meaning is in the mind not the message
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What is a possessive pronoun? Give 2 examples.
A possessive pronouns demonstrates the ownership of something within the sentence. Examples include: His, Mine, Theirs, Their, Its...
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What is an object?
Anything that is not a subject or a verb
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Antecedent Agreement Rule 1
A phrase or clause between the subject and verb does not change the number of the antecedent.
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Antecedent Agreement Rule 6
Titles of single entities; books,organisation, so on so forth take a single referent. for antecedence that appear plural but mean one thing or one place ect. they take a single referent because they are one thing.
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What are the two categories of non-verbal communication
vocal non-verbal non-vocal non-verbal
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What is an Indefinite pronoun? Give 2 examples.
An Indefinite are pronouns that replace unspecified pronouns. Examples of these are: all, anybody, both, either, everything...
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What is a antecedent?
A Antecedent is the original appearance of the subject that a pronoun is referring to.
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Antecedent Agreement Rule 2
Singular indefinite pronoun antecedents take singular pronoun reference, Why does this make sense? Otherwise you would relate the referent the the antecedent.
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Antecedent Agreement Rule 7
Plural form subject with a singular meaning;take a singular referent. Plural words that mean a single thing similar to the previous rule take a single referent.
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What are Prof. Carmichael's office hours
in office - 9am-11am Wednesdays Virtually - 2:30pm-4:30pm Wednesdays
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What is an Interrogative pronoun? Give 2 examples.
Interrogative pronouns are used whist asking a question. Two example Who, What, Which, Whichever, Whatever
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What is a referent?
The pronoun to which a antecedent refers to.
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Antecedent Agreement Rule 3
Compound subjects; joined by and always take plural reference.
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Antecedent Agreement Rule 8
The two pronouns every and many will require a single referent when placed before the antecedent. There is no reason why this rule is in place it is simply a rule that must be remembered.
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What are the 7 Cs of communication
Consistent, Correct, Coherent, Complete, Consise, Clear, Courteous
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What is an Subject pronoun? Give 2 examples.
A subject pronoun is a pronoun that replaces the subject Examples of these are: I, you, he, she, it, they, we.
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What is a pronoun?
A word that replaces the subject in order to avoid repartition.
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Antecedent Agreement Rule 4
Compound subjects joined by or/nor; the referent pronoun agree with the antecedent closer to the pronoun There are cases where there will be more than one antecedent, in these cases you pick the number of the one closest to the pronoun and relate them appropriately.
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Antecedent Agreement Rule 9
"The number of" Requires a single referent. "a number of" requires a plural referent. This rule has no purpose other than to remember the meaning.