727-324-4191

They called for the 10th time so i took it. Since I recently visited one of their affiliate website I was entitled to a $100 gift card.
Spoke to their "agent" and since I am from California (told them California for the state) I am entitled to a $500 gift card. The card is redeemable at Target, Walmart, and other fine stores. Additionally she started listing what I could buy with it. After going back and fourth with me about my c.c.; I said I know your from India and this is a scam. She stated she was not from India but was born and raised (and she hesitated - probably to lookup what area the call was supposedly from) in Clearwater Florida. I asked where she got her heavy accent. It's not Floridian. After a few more minutes she gave up trying to convince me she was from Florida and hung up. I may call back under another name just to waste more of their time. If it wasn't such a $%^%$$^ scam, it would almost be funny.

Caller type: Scammer
Number: 727-324-4191

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"Did the caller provide their personal name?"

The rules of English grammar state that when a pronoun in a sentence (called "the referent") refers back to an earlier noun or pronoun (called "the antecedent"), both the referent and the antecedent must agree as to number -- either both must be singular, or both must be plural. The rules further state that, when the antecedent is singular and of common gender (that is, when it can be either masculine or feminine), the referent takes the masculine gender.

In the quoted question, the antecedent "person" is singular and of common gender, but the referent "their" is plural -- thus constituting a grammatical error known as pronoun-antecedent disagreement.

The question should read "Did the caller provide HIS personal name?"

Caller type: Telemarketer
Number: 727-324-4191

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