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Choose the item that has no problems with pronoun reference. |
| | A) | The tutors worked closely with Maria and Inez, and they asked Maria to continue tutoring Inez during the summer. |
| | B) | The tutors worked closely with Maria and Inez, and they asked her to continue tutoring during the summer. |
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Choose the item that has no problems with pronoun reference. |
| | A) | Professor Signorelli expects as much from herself as from her students. We all try hard to live up to this. |
| | B) | Professor Signorelli expects as much from herself as from her students. We all try hard to live up to this expectation. |
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Choose the item that has no problems with pronoun reference. |
| | A) | Our representatives are no more honest than we, the voters who elected them, and that lack of honesty is why campaign finance reform is a perennial issue. |
| | B) | Our representatives are no more honest than we, the voters who elected them, and that is why campaign finance reform is a perennial issue. |
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Choose the item that has no problems with pronoun reference. |
| | A) | Mark and Kevin weighed more than their wrestling weight class allowed, so Kevin suggested that they both go on strict diets. |
| | B) | Mark and Kevin weighed more than their wrestling weight class allowed, so he suggested that they both go on strict diets. |
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Choose the item that has no problems with pronoun reference. |
| | A) | She is certainly as qualified as he is, but that is not the only factor that management is taking into account. |
| | B) | She is certainly as qualified as he is, but qualifications are not the only factor that management is taking into account. |
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Choose the item that has no problems with pronoun reference. |
| | A) | I always pay for dinner despite earning less money than he does. I think he resents me for my generosity. |
| | B) | I always pay for dinner despite earning less money than he does. I think he resents me for this. |
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Choose the item that has no problems with pronoun reference. |
| | A) | My father has more patience than I or my siblings ever deserved, which we all realize now. |
| | B) | My father has more patience than I or my siblings ever deserved: a fact we all realize now. |
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Click on the item that uses the correct pronoun(s). |
| | A) | The school janitor begins his day at six, when he unlocks the main door. |
| | B) | The school janitor's day begins at six, when he unlocks the main door. |
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Choose the item that has no problems with pronoun reference. |
| | A) | Ben and Josh were fighting because he wanted to change the channel on the remote control. |
| | B) | Ben and Josh were fighting because Josh wanted to change the channel on the remote control. |
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Choose the item that has no problems with pronoun reference. |
| | A) | My great-grandfather was photographed shortly after he immigrated to this country in 1899. In the photograph he is dressed in his best clothes. |
| | B) | My great-grandfather was photographed shortly after he immigrated to this country in 1899. In it he is dressed in his best clothes. |
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Choose the item that has no problems with pronoun reference. |
| | A) | Prices of jewellery were cut at the mall and the premier declared a tax-free weekend; that caused a mob scene. |
| | B) | A cut in jewellery prices at the mall and a tax-free weekend caused a mob scene. |
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Choose the item that has no problems with pronoun reference. |
| | A) | The cat bit the dog, but it was not hurt. |
| | B) | The cat bit the dog, but the dog was not hurt. |
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Choose the item that has no problems with pronoun reference. |
| | A) | My sister told her friend Anne she needed to go on a vacation. |
| | B) | "Anne, you need to go on vacation," my sister told her friend. |
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Choose the item that has no problems with pronoun reference. |
| | A) | Our house, which was built in the forest, was very cold. |
| | B) | Our house was built in the forest, and it was very cold. |
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Choose the item that has no problems with pronoun reference. |
| | A) | We didn't give the spoiled hamburgers to the children. |
| | B) | We didn't give the hamburgers to the children because they were spoiled. |
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Choose the item that has no problems with pronoun reference. |
| | A) | In this book, it says that the winter will be harsh if squirrels get abnormally fat in the fall. |
| | B) | This book predicts that winter will be harsh if squirrels get abnormally fat in the fall. |
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Choose the item that has no problems with pronoun reference. |
| | A) | An invasion by Spanish forces and the destruction of the Mayan empire happened in the mid-16th century. It was led by General Francesco de Montejo, whose army occupied the Mayan capital and made the city its own. |
| | B) | The destruction of the empire of the Maya was completed in the mid-16th century by a Spanish invasion. It was led by General Francesco de Montejo, whose army occupied the Mayan capital and made the city its own. |
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Choose the item that has no problems with pronoun reference. |
| | A) | The Maya are often compared to the Aztecs, another people who flourished in Mesoamerica. Some scholars believe the Maya were even more advanced than that. |
| | B) | The Maya are often compared to the Aztecs, another people who flourished in Mesoamerica. Some scholars believe the Maya were even more advanced than the Aztecs. |
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Choose the item that has no problems with pronoun reference. |
| | A) | Archaeologists are not sure what ultimately caused the decline of Mayan civilization. The Maya may have simply overpopulated themselves and run out of food. The experts also theorize that epidemics, civil unrest, and even hurricanes contributed to their decline. |
| | B) | Archaeologists are not sure what ultimately caused the decline of Mayan civilization. The Maya may have simply overpopulated themselves and run out of food. They also theorize that epidemics, civil unrest, and even hurricanes contributed to it. |
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Choose the item that has no problems with pronoun reference. |
| | A) | Historians believe that Mayan scientific and cultural achievements rival those of the ancient Greeks and Romans; indeed, their knowledge of astronomy and the calendar was more advanced than that of the ancient Europeans. |
| | B) | Historians believe that the scientific and cultural achievements of the Maya rival those of the ancient Greeks and Romans; indeed, Mayan knowledge of astronomy and the calendar was more advanced than that of the ancient Europeans. |
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