Problem: The following sentence contains a pronoun error: A parent should be responsible for the discipline of their children. Identify the pronouns and the antecedents in the following sentence: He sprinkled a dash of red pepper on his pizza. A pronoun must agree with the noun and pronoun it refers to in number and gender. True or false. Which is the correct definition of a pronoun? the action in the sentence a word used to join two independent clauses a word that takes the place of a noun a word that begins the sentence