EXERCISE G3-12Pronoun reference

Edit each sentence to correct errors in pronoun reference. You may need to decide on an antecedent that the pronoun might logically refer to. Answers may vary.

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All students can secure parking permits from the campus police office; they are open from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.

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The detective removed the bloodstained shawl from the body and then photographed it.

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We have a staff of experienced technicians that will service your copier within two hours of a service call.

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In Professor Jamal’s class, you are lucky to earn a C.

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In Ogden Nash’s verse, he always manages to give me a laugh about every other line.

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The average price for a ticket to the rock concert is $30, and this is not unreasonable for three hours of exciting entertainment.

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I would have ordered the blue plate special, but you don’t get fries with it.

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Michelangelo’s Captives are not unfinished sculptures. He wanted to show figures in the process of emerging from blocks of marble.

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In the newspaper article, it traces the history of voting rights in the District of Columbia.

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The sign had been nailed to the fence so many times that it was beginning to look shabby.

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