Team Spain performed a difficult vaulting routine without error and celebrated their victory.



Identify the case of the underlined pronoun as well as the antecedent to which it refers.

possessive; victory
possessive; Team Spain
objective; indefinite
objective; ambiguous

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Pronouns refer to the words which replace the noun and eliminated the repetition of words.

Possessive pronouns refer to the pronouns which highlight ownership or possession in a sentence.

The antecedent for the possessive pronoun refers to the pronoun or noun to whom it shows the possession.

Therefore, in the above sentence, the case of the underlined pronoun as well as the antecedent to which it refers is possessive; Team Spain as 'victory' is possessed by the Team Spain.

possessive; Team Spain

Their is the only pronoun in this sentence. It is a possessive pronoun because it shows who owns the victory. Possessive pronouns show ownership. The antecedent it refers to is Team Spain since Team Spain is who was victorious. An antecedent is the noun that the pronoun refers to.

An objective pronoun is one that receives. Sarah gave him the present. Him is the objective pronoun. An ambiguous antecedent is one that could refer to more than one noun and it is unclear which one. Jack and Sam asked Julie to prom; she said yes to him. Him is ambiguous because him could refer to either Jack or Sam. An indefinite antecedent is one that refers to an indefinite pronoun. Each of the boys remembered his ball. His is is the antecedent that refers to the indefinite pronoun each.