Ambiguous%20Pronouns

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Ambiguous Pronouns

• Ambiguous pronouns make poor subjects for
  sentences.
• Writers often use pronouns to avoid repeating
  nouns.
• However, when the pronoun doesnt clearly refer
  to the noun to its left, its confusing
  (ambiguous).
• Replace ambiguous pronouns with specific nouns.

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Ambiguous Pronouns

• Mark this, it, that, there and all other
  pronouns.
• For vague pronouns such as it, look backward to
  the nearest noun. If the it doesnt refer to the
  previous noun, replace the ambiguous pronoun with
  a noun.
• For the words this, these, those, that, ask the
  question what?
• This what? These what? Those what? That what?
• Insert your answer after the pronoun.