Correct usage in this example.
Some of these trends in television were exploitative and not particularly good at the time.
However, they were off-beat and it's interesting that they are no longer around today.
It makes you think whether or not they will return to our screens, even thought it's been so long.
Here the subject of the opening sentence is trends, with the antecedent 'they were off-beat'.
It's clear. But would we class the last sentence as doing the same thing ? In the sense that it's following on from 'they' as apposed to a re-statement of the subject.
It's not as clear like this but is it grammatically wrong ?
Top answer
It's fine and normal to continue with the pronoun like that. You do have to be alert for times when the antecedent fades, though. By the way, "trends" is the antecedent of "they", and I would have said that that was the problem here.
- It's fine and normal to continue with the pronoun like that.
- You do have to be alert for times when the antecedent fades, though.
- By the way, "trends" is the antecedent of "they", and I would have said that that was the problem here.
- I believe "they" is meant to be the TV shows, not the trends that brought them.
- But maybe the sentence before these is where the true antecedent lies.
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It's fine and normal to continue with the pronoun like that. You do have to be alert for times when the antecedent fades, though.
By the way, "trends" is the antecedent of "they", and I would have said that that was the problem here. I believe "they" is meant to be the TV shows, not the trends that brought them. But maybe the sentence before these is where the true antecedent lies.
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