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The term pronoun-antecedent is the term for the agreement of a pronoun with its antecedent. Pronouns and antecedents must agree in number (singular or plural), person (first, second, or third person), and gender (male, female, neutral).
A pronoun that has the same gender and number as its antecedent is called pronoun-antecedent agreement.
The gender of the pronoun 'it' is neuter, a word that takes the place of a noun for a thing that has no gender.The number of the pronoun 'it' is singular, a word that takes the place of a noun for one thing.
'Would everyone please bring their computers to the writing shop.'The antecedent is the indefinite pronoun 'everyone', a word that takes the place of an unknown or unnamed number and gender of people; the pronoun 'their' (a possessive adjective) represents any number and gender of people.That is the agreement, an unknown number and gender.
The word 'many' is a noun, a pronoun, and an adjective.The noun 'many' is preceded by the article 'the' as a word for 'the majority of people'.The pronoun 'many' is an indefinite pronoun, a word that takes the place of an unknown number or quantity.The adjective 'many' is a word placed before a noun to describe that noun as in a large number or quantity.Examples:Network programming is designed to appeal to the many. (noun)There were so many to choose from. (pronoun)Many people supported the proposal. (adjective)