Task: Identify, in each sentence, all of the pronouns whose antecedents are not perfectly clear. Note: there may be more than one error per sentence.
1. Amina worked at her company for ten years, until they hired a younger associate who took credit for her work and she quit.
|
Unclear pronouns: "they", "her", "she"
|
2. The scandalous exhibit remained in the museum for several months, even though it received a great deal of negative publicity and the mayor himself condemned it.
|
Unclear pronouns: "it", "it"
|
The first pronoun in the sentence is the first "it." This pronoun could refer either to the exhibit or to the museum (and even make sense in either situation), so the pronoun is not used correctly.
The second pronoun is "himself." Specifically, it's a pronoun which provides emphasis, stressing the fact that the mayor (important person that he is) condemned the exhibit. It is used correctly since the mayor is the only possible male subject in the sentence.
The third pronoun is the second "it," which could refer either to the exhibit or to the museum, so the pronoun would need to be replaced with the appropriate subject to make the sentence grammatically correct.
Next to display next topic in the chapter.
Test Prep Lessons With Video Lessons and Explained MCQ
Large number of solved practice MCQ with explanations. Video Lessons and 10 Fully explained Grand/Full Tests.