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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Use of pronoun
Hi, I am troubled with using pronouns at the start of a next sentence.
Eg 1: John owns a blue car. He drives that car to work everyday.
Eg 2: The fall in consumer expenditure caused the aggregate demand to fall. This results in a fall in economic growth.
I know that the use of pronoun in example 1 is correct. but i am not sure if the usage of the pronoun in example 2 is correct or not as there seems to be ambiguity. The pronoun "this" seems to be referring to the previous whole sentence which i am not sure if it is allowed in properly English. Can someone please enlighten me? Thank you!
Eg 1: John owns a blue car. He drives that car to work everyday.
Eg 2: The fall in consumer expenditure caused the aggregate demand to fall. This results in a fall in economic growth.
I know that the use of pronoun in example 1 is correct. but i am not sure if the usage of the pronoun in example 2 is correct or not as there seems to be ambiguity. The pronoun "this" seems to be referring to the previous whole sentence which i am not sure if it is allowed in properly English. Can someone please enlighten me? Thank you!
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1: John owns a blue car. - This is fine as amended ( 'every day' is 2 words). 2: The fall in consumer expenditure caused the aggregate demand to fall.
- 1: John owns a blue car.
- - This is fine as amended ( 'every day' is 2 words).
- 2: The fall in consumer expenditure caused the aggregate demand to fall.
- This results in a fall in economic growth.
- The pronoun "this" seems to be referring to the previous whole sentence which i am not sure if it is allowed in properly English.
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1: John owns a blue car. He drives that car to work every day.- This is fine as amended ( 'every day' is 2 words).
2: The fall in consumer expenditure caused the aggregate demand to fall. This results in a fall in economic growth. The pronoun "this" seems to be referring to the previous whole sentence which i am not sure if it is allowed in properly English. - You
2: The fall in consumer expenditure caused the aggregate demand to fall. This results in a fall in economic growth. The pronoun "this" seems to be referring to the previous whole sentence which i am not sure if it is allowed in properly English. - You
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