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18 October, 15:07

Choose the sentence that contains an example of pronoun ambiguity.

A) Mary tripped and she fell.

B) Theresa asked Lila for a sip of her coke.

C) Jim bumped into Rolando and his books dropped.

D) The firefighter grabbed the young boy's hand and pulled him out.

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  1. 18 October, 15:35
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    The sentence that contains an example of pronoun ambiguity is (C) "Jim bumped into Rolando and his books dropped". In this particular sentence, the pronoun "his" has not a clear antecedent as it can refer to Jim as well as Rolando. This ambiguity leads to two different interpretation of the same sentence.
  2. 18 October, 17:54
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    Answer: C
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