Do I have to change the former nouns to pronouns all the time?
Do I have to change the former nouns to pronouns all the time?
Like, "Tom is a student and he is smart."
Can I just rewrite the former nouns without changing them to pronouns?
Like, "I met Tom, yesterday and Tom has become a man."
I am sorry about the poor example. Is there a good example you have?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
Top answer
You can write that way if you want to. But if you do it a lot, your writing will seem unnatural and even silly. Clive
- You can write that way if you want to.
- But if you do it a lot, your writing will seem unnatural and even silly.
- Clive
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You can write that way if you want to. But if you do it a lot, your writing will seem unnatural and even silly.
Clive
0This is one of the more difficult problems a writer faces. It is a good reason to have an editor. Sometimes it seems to you that it will be as clear to the reader as it is to you who "he" is in a sentence, but it really is not, and you should have used the name. You have to decide which to use each time. I know of no general rule except to use the pronoun when you can.
In your sentence (
0Hans51Can I just rewrite the former nouns without changing them to pronouns?
Is that what you do in your native language?
Amelia is my mother. Amelia is married to Edward. Edward is my father. Edward works in an office at the bank where Edward deals with loans. Amelia stays at home where Amelia takes care of the children Betty and William. One da
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