Pronoun Referents - FTCE

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Question

A personal pronoun is ________________.

Answer

Note here that some proper nouns can be replaced with pronouns that are not associated with a person, think of towns of countries, for instance. Personal pronouns only refer to people.

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Question

In the given sentence, to which grammatical object does “they” refer?

If only Kevin and Charles had thought to talk to the umpires, they would have avoided the whole problem.

Answer

In order to avoid a dangling modifier, “they” must refer to the subject of the introductory clause, Kevin and Charles.

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