Vague Pronoun Reference: Unexpressed Antecedents and Ambiguous and Implied References Mini-Lesson 85 From the UWF Writin

May 30, 2013

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What is an antecedent?. In grammar, an antecedent is the word to which the pronoun refers.A pronoun, then, depends for meaning upon a noun or another pronoun, the antecedent.Every pronoun must have a conspicuous, openly stated antecedent, or the reader will be left without a clue as to your meaning.Though he tried his best to twist and bend the key, he could not break it.In the above sentence,

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Vague Pronoun Reference: Unexpressed Antecedents and Ambiguous and Implied References Mini-Lesson 85 From the UWF Writin

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