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Raen Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Is it "Don" or "I"?
The following sentence is taken from a paragraph in which the author presented 2 general types of writers, "planner" and "plunger", catagorised by a writing coach named "Don":
Like Don, I'm a planner who likes to know the central point and general organization of what he's about to write before he types the first line.
Who is the antecedent to "he"? Thanks a lot.
Raen
Like Don, I'm a planner who likes to know the central point and general organization of what he's about to write before he types the first line.
Who is the antecedent to "he"? Thanks a lot.
Raen
Top answer
He is any writer who uses the planning method.
- He is any writer who uses the planning method.
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Thanks GG. The answer is not what I expected, what a new revelation. Wow.
Could you explain it more? I see what you mean, but doesn't the pronoun "who" restrict the sub-clause to serve (modify/describe) the noun that comes before it, in this case, "I"? I thought, "Don" could also be the antecedent since it stands in close proximity to the sub-clause. But little did I know....
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Could you explain it more? I see what you mean, but doesn't the pronoun "who" restrict the sub-clause to serve (modify/describe) the noun that comes before it, in this case, "I"? I thought, "Don" could also be the antecedent since it stands in close proximity to the sub-clause. But little did I know....
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Raenbut doesn't the pronoun "who" restrict the sub-clause to serve (modify/describe) the noun that comes before it, in this case, "I"?
But the noun that comes before it is "planner." Not any specific planner, but someone -- anyone -- who uses the planning method.
I would like to find a man like Don, a man who brings flowers on his first date w
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