Activity: Consistent Point of View

Read about a third consistency issue and get some practice by doing the activity. Compare your responses to the answer key.

Using a Consistent Point of View

Lastly, when it comes to consistency, we must be consistent with our point of view (expressed through the pronouns that we use). Pronouns are non-specific nouns that refer to specific nouns – we use them to avoid repetition in our writing – see chapter seventeen for more about pronouns. In particular, we need to stick with the same point of view – with pronouns this is called "person" – 1^st person, 2^nd person, and 3^rd person.

Pronoun Chart

Subject Pronouns:

	Singular	Plural
1st person:	I	we
2nd person:	you	you
3rd person:	he/she/it	they

Object Pronouns:

	Singular	Plural
1st person:	me	us
2nd person:	you	you
3rd person:	him/her/it	them

Possessive Pronouns:

	Singular	Plural
1st person:	my/mine	our
2nd person:	your	your
3rd person:	his/her/its	their

Inconsistent: We never go to The Gilded Truffle restaurant anymore because you have to wait for over an hour to be seated.

Consistent: We never go to The Gilded Truffle restaurant anymore because we have to wait for over an hour to be seated.

Source: Erin Severs
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