EXERCISE M3–2 Omissions and repetitions

EXERCISE M3–2Omissions and repetitions

Example:

The dolphin stranded on the beach is the one that we saw it yesterday in shallow water.

The dolphin stranded on the beach is the one that we saw yesterday in shallow water.

In the first sentence, the pronoun it and the pronoun that cannot be used in the same clause to refer to the same antecedent, one. The second sentence contains no unnecessary repetition.