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What does "it" refer to?

0 What does a pronoun like "it" refer to what it stars the dependent clause.02br
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00As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision, 01b00it 02b00would be rated about 20/500, or legally blind if it were an adult with such vision.02br
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02font 02br 02br 01font 00The first 'it' refers to 'vision', and the second refers to 'baby'. The result, in this case, is a sentence that does not seem well-written. 02font 02br 02br 01font 00How about02br 02br 01font 00A baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision which would be rated about 20/500.

— Clive

  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00The first 'it' refers to 'vision', and the second refers to 'baby'.
  • The result, in this case, is a sentence that does not seem well-written.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00How about02br 02br 01font 00A baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision which would be rated about 20/500.
  • 02font 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive02br 02font 02br 02br 02font 0-
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0Hi,02br
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0 00As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision, 01u00it02u00 would be rated about 20/500, or legally blind if 01u00it02u00 were an adult with such vision.02br
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00As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision, 01u00the baby
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision, 11u10it12u10 would be rated about 20/500, or legally blind if 11u10it12u10 were an adult with such vision.12br
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0Hi,02br
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00As a very,very general rule, a pronoun refers to the closest preceding noun of the same category. eg 02br
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CalifJimAs a baby emerges
from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision, it
would be rated about 20/500, or legally blind if it were an adult with
such vision.
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As a baby emerges
from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision, the baby
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pokhPerhaps I am wrong
What with unratable babies and wombs that can see, I would say so!

As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb

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the baby1 would be ra
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awesome, but still ...I guess its ambiguous coz I can interpret it as

As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb

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with a rudimentary sense of vision,

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