| A | B |
| pronoun | A word that takes the place of a noun |
| antecedent | What a pronoun refers to |
| agreement | How one word matches another (in gender, number, etc.) |
| natural gender | The gender of a noun or pronoun, as determined by the REAL sex of the antecedent |
| grammatical gender | The gender of a noun or pronoun when it’s NOT determined by the REAL sex of the antecedent |
| number | How many (of something) a word refers to |
| singular | a word that refers to just one |
| plural | a word that refers to more than one |
| person | How the speaker is related to the thing being discussed |
| 1ST person | the thing discussed includes the speaker (I, me, we, our, etc.) |
| 2ND person | the thing discussed is the listener (you, your) |
| 3RD person | the thing discussed is someone/something else, neither the speaker nor the listener (he, she, it, they) |
| indirect object | Indirectly receives the action of the verb; answers the question “to whom/what?” or “for whom/what?” |