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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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Cutting it
I fell, striking my head against the door and cutting it.
Is the "it" ambiguous in the sentence above?
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anonymous Is the "it" ambiguous in the sentence above? Of course. In fact it pretty much says that you cut the door.
- anonymous Is the "it" ambiguous in the sentence above?
- Of course.
- In fact it pretty much says that you cut the door.
- I would recast for clarity, but anybody, including me, might say it your way expecting to be understood, and we certainly would be understood.
- It's just that the ambiguity pops its head up for a microsecond like a prairie dog, and that is a bad thing in writing.
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anonymousIs the "it" ambiguous in the sentence above?
Of course. In fact it pretty much says that you cut the door. I would recast for clarity, but anybody, including me, might say it your way expecting to be understood, and we certainly would be understood. It's just that the ambiguity pops its head up for a microsecond like a prairie dog, and that is a ba
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