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ClearTips: Edit yourself
Ambiguous pronouns
If two or three nouns vie for a pronoun, the
reference is almost certain to be ambiguous. The general solutions are
to repeat the noun rather than use a pronoun or to eliminate the pretenders
by changing their number.
| The main problem that people run into with
pronouns arises from their not being tied to a noun. |
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The main problem that people run into with
pronouns arises from a pronoun's not being tied to a noun. |
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The main problem that a writer has with
pronouns arises from their not being tied to a noun. |
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