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Tsvsom Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Pronoun antecedent

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00I came across following grammer rule/suggestion for pronoun antecedent. 02br
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00'Make sure that a pronoun refers to a specific noun, not a 02br
00possessive noun or a noun within a prepositional phrase.'02br
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00Why pronoun cannot refer to a noun within a prepositional phrase ? What is wrong with the following sentence in the context of the above rule ?02br
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00"The moisture exhaled by the tourists dehydrated 01b00them02b00 to such a great extent that 01b00they 02b00fainted."02br
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00Thanks.0-
  

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'12br 12br 10Why pronoun cannot refer to a noun within a prepositional phrase ? "12br 12blockquote 10Welcome to the forum, Tsvsom. There is nothing wrong with your sentence.

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01cite10Tsvsom12cite10'Make sure that a pronoun refers to a specific noun, not a 12br
10possessive noun or a noun within a prepositional phrase.'12br
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10Why pronoun cannot refer to a noun within a prepositional phrase ? What is wrong with the following sentence in the context of the above rule ?12br
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01cite10Tsvsom12cite12br
10I came across following grammer rule/suggestion for pronoun antecedent. 12br
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10'Make sure that a pronoun refers to a specific noun, not a 12br
10possessive noun or a noun within a prepositional phrase.'12br
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10Why pronoun cannot refer to a nou
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01cite10Tsvsom12cite10'Make sure that a pronoun refers to a specific noun, not a 12br
10possessive noun or a noun within a prepositional phrase.'12br
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10Does it give an example, Tsv? 02br
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00A possessive noun and a noun within a prepositional phrase
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0Thank you CB.02br
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00Following is the webpage where I found this rule.02br
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00There are no examples for the preposition rule.02br
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00Thanks.0230hrefhttp://college.hmco.com/english/
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0This is one example from that page:01blockquote
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10Make sure that a pronoun refers to a specific noun, not a possessive noun or a noun within a prepositional phrase. 12br
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01cite10MrPedantic12cite10It's true that the second version is clearer; but I'm sure most readers would understand the antecedent of "he" in the first version without any trouble.12br
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10Hello MrP02br
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00This is rule is new to me, and I think this grammarian is trying needle
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0Hello CB,02br
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00Yes, I'm inclined to agree with you. The writer has presented a stylistic choice as a grammatical rule. 02br
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00This also seems to be untrue:01blockquote
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10"The pronoun 11i10he12i10 cannot refer to the possessive noun 11i10Orwell's."12i12br
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