Why would anyone deliberately refuse to call someone by their right name and their chosen pronouns?

Unclear antecedents seem most common with personal pronouns. The subject forms (he, she, we), object forms (him, her, us) and possessive determiner forms (his, her, our) are equally abused.

This sort of antecedent-resolution problem with pronouns is ubiquitous in both speech and writing. The notion that properly prepared prose avoids ambiguity is an absurd myth.

This is called the antecedent. Then review these two pronoun grammar errors: pronoun-antecedent disagreement and ambiguous antecedents.

Editors see antecedent/pronoun problems in copy every day. Let's pick apart the opening scene. This is what was happening: – Korva wanted the car started at 3:07 a.m., not 3:05.

Rules for Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Nouns joined by "and" are treated as plural. Ex: The player and the coach decided their score. When nouns are joined by "or," the pronoun agrees with the closest ...

Some aspects of pronoun use are obvious and familiar: Pronouns must agree with their antecedents in person, number, and gender. John is going to NY. He (*she/*it/*they/*we/*you) leaves at noon. Others ...

Another very important issue when it comes to pronouns: In a sentence with more than one noun, the writer must make sure it's clear which noun the pronoun references (i.e., which is the antecedent).

Using “they” with a singular antecedent can lead to unclarity, Geoff Pullum warns. That doesn’t mean it’s bad grammar.

A pronoun must agree with its antecedent noun or associated verb. “Principal Brown suspended the students; they are not allowed on campus.” ...