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Sunday, January 08, 2006

COMMON ERROR 8: CONFUSED USE OF A PRONOUN

A pronoun should refer to one noun or noun group in a sentence or the reader may be confused or misled.

WRONG The visitor told the nurse that she was wrong.
RIGHT The visitor told the nurse that he, the visitor, was wrong.
ALSO RIGHT The visitor told the nurse that she, the nurse, was wrong.

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