ee Pronoun Reference Reteaching ‘void these pronoun eterence problems Indeinte reference isa problom that occurs when the pronoun it, you © they ‘doesnot clearly refer to specific antecedent. Eliminate ths problem by rewriting the santances in which the pronouns appear. “Awkward Inthe rue bok, they say tat coaching a partners, Revised The,ul book ste ht conching spate erbiden. general reference problem occurs when the pronoun it this, that, wih, or such is used to refer toa gonerl idea rather than toa specific noun antecedent. Cortect ‘the problem by edcing a clear antacedent or by rewriting the sentence without tho pronoun, ‘Awkward Youhave been ging your parte its hich gies you nun avanag. vised Your habitof ving your partner bint has en you an ir avartage {An ambiguous reference problem occurs whenever more then one word might be '2 pronouns antecedent. Eliminate the problem by reiting the sentence to clity ‘what the pronoun refers to, ‘Awkward Thsopayrs arent plying fr sho Kops giving hr is Revised Taso playars arent plying far Wish Kops giving Am his Identifying Clear Pronoun References In each group of sentences below, one sentance has an indefnit, goer, oF lambiguaus proncun reference. The others carrect. Uncen the one tats comect. 1. Gerald told Hal thatthe handbrtng looked ike his CGrald told Hal thatthe hancuriting looked ke Ha 2, Thy £21 onthe television news that a thunderstorm is coming The TV weatherperson said tht thunderstorm is coming, 3, Becsuse this summer has been dy, growing watermelons has been tricky. “Tiss been a dry summer, which has made growing watermelon tricky. 4 On the acre, it has the trombones resting forfour mossures. Tha score instructs the tramones to rest fo four measures. 5 Like most of his friends, Sasha looks forward to pizza day atthe cafetei ‘Sasha looks forward to pizza day atthe cafeteria. That is how most of his ttiends feo, too 1. The photograph and the article appeared in today’s paper; I know thet because I saw it bey \When I looked at todays paner bref, | saw both the photograph and the anil, 7. The ad states that mik provides essential utronts such as calcium. Inthe a, they say tht mik provides essential rutionts such as calcium. 8 If they want us to recycle, they shoul provide us with lear rules, If she sentation department wants us o recycle, officals should provide us with eles ules. mais, vc Me Men 15ame Pronoun Reference Application A. Eliminating Pronoun Reference Problem Revise the sentences below to correct alndetnit, goneral, of ambiguous pronoun reference problems. More than one interpretation may be possible 1. Atthe meting, they introduced the teacher scvisors for the clu. 2. The wizard Merin tld the young King Arthur thatthe sword was his, 3. Michelle counts on her fiends to take goed notes, whichis @ goodidea until ‘yur fiends re absent one day. ‘4 Lenny end fis brother played catch while he ao a sandwich 5. inthis magazine, you usualy havea vriety of artes by wellknown authors. B. Using Clear Pronoun References Inthe folowing nereoranh. find five sentences with indefinite, asnera, or ambiguous pronoun references, Revise the sentences onthe lines belo {1 They often use Harlom as an example of uban poverty. 2) This section of New York City, however, ance enjoyod beter days, (8) Afican ‘Amarcan iterature and culture flotshed during the Harlem Renaissance ‘ofthe 1820s. (a) Musicians from New Orleans brought jaz to Harem, (5) Intellectuals flocked ta Harlem oteles bocause you had stimulating “atmosphere. () Writers and activists euch as W. E. 8, DuBois argued or fll ‘and immediate racial equality. (7) Poets such as Langston Hughes found it ‘meaningful to write about black urban life. (8) As white readers sampled the work of Hughes, Claude McKay, and others, thir reputations spread. (ts Cutual contributions endured long after the Great Depression had caused ‘economie deine in Harem, unin. ove we acs Woman 10