30c. Repeated nouns or pronouns with the same grammatical function
30cDo not use both a noun and a pronoun to perform the same grammatical function in a sentence.
English does not allow a subject to be repeated in its own clause.
The pronoun she cannot repeat the subject, doctor.
Do not add a pronoun even when a word group comes between the subject and the verb.
The pronoun it cannot repeat the subject, watch.
Some languages allow “topic fronting,” placing a word or phrase (a “topic”) at the beginning of a sentence and following it with an independent clause that explains something about the topic. This form is not allowed in English because the sentence seems to start with one subject but then introduces a new subject in an independent clause.
The sentence can be corrected by bringing the topic (seeds) into the independent clause.
