There may be reason for a savage's preferring many kinds of food which the civilized man rejects.—Thoreau.
It informs me of the previous circumstances of my laying aside my clothes.—C. Brockden Brown.
The two strangers gave me an account of their once having been themselves in a somewhat similar condition.—Audubon.
There was a chance of their being sent to a new school, where there were examinations.—Ruskin
This can only be by his preferring truth to his past apprehension of truth.—Emerson
III. PERSONAL PRONOUNS AND THEIR ANTECEDENTS.
409. The pronouns of the third person usually refer back to some preceding noun or pronoun, and ought to agree with them in person, number, and gender.
Watch for the real antecedent.
There are two constructions in which the student will need to watch the pronoun,—when the antecedent, in one person, is followed by a phrase containing a pronoun of a different person; and when the antecedent is of such a form that the pronoun following cannot indicate exactly the gender. Examples of these constructions are,—
Those of us who can only maintain themselves by continuing in some business or salaried office.—Ruskin.