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21 Nov 2013, 14:18
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HI Guys,
I am facing some issues in identifying the correct antecedent to a pronoun. After reading from various sources I have come up with
the following rules to correctly identify antecedent. Please confirm if my understanding is correct.
Regards
Zenith
" For any personal pronoun we encounter in Underlined portion look out for ALL the NOUNS in the sentence that can agree in number with the pronoun.
If you are able to find ZERO such nouns - you can say that Antecedent Missing
if you are able to identify more than one - antecedent ambigous.
If you are able to find just one - you got it right. "
I am facing some issues in identifying the correct antecedent to a pronoun. After reading from various sources I have come up with
the following rules to correctly identify antecedent. Please confirm if my understanding is correct.
Regards
Zenith
" For any personal pronoun we encounter in Underlined portion look out for ALL the NOUNS in the sentence that can agree in number with the pronoun.
If you are able to find ZERO such nouns - you can say that Antecedent Missing
if you are able to identify more than one - antecedent ambigous.
If you are able to find just one - you got it right. "
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21 Nov 2013, 14:31
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Hi Zenith,
Most of what you have written above is correct.
But the most important factor to determine pronoun antecedent is to use common sense/logic
The antecedent has to make logical sense with its pronoun first, thereafter you match for number,person,gender.etc
Suppose you have two antecedents that match the pronoun in number and person BUT we will pick only one that makes logical sense.
Having said all of this please remember pronoun ambiguity on the gmat would never be the only factor for rejecting a answer choice. There ALWAYS will be other accompanying major grammatical issues. So you would never be asked to eliminate something on the grounds of pronoun ambiguity alone
21 Nov 2013, 17:47
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Hi there
please remember that (apparent) ambiguity can still be correct if it is still the best answer choice left standing (grammatically, logically, meaning/logic wise and stylistically (for those stylistic issues that NEED to be eliminated).
Moreover, it is very important to remember that even if you have a pronoun that can refer to more than one noun it can still be correct. If a pronoun can only make sense with one noun, logically speaking, then it is not really ambiguous. Ambiguity occurs when we really have no idea what the pronoun refers to from a meaning and logic standpoint. And even then it can sometimes be right if everything else had to be eliminated. Usually,though, when tested, the ambiguity will be clearly ambiguous.
please remember that (apparent) ambiguity can still be correct if it is still the best answer choice left standing (grammatically, logically, meaning/logic wise and stylistically (for those stylistic issues that NEED to be eliminated).
Moreover, it is very important to remember that even if you have a pronoun that can refer to more than one noun it can still be correct. If a pronoun can only make sense with one noun, logically speaking, then it is not really ambiguous. Ambiguity occurs when we really have no idea what the pronoun refers to from a meaning and logic standpoint. And even then it can sometimes be right if everything else had to be eliminated. Usually,though, when tested, the ambiguity will be clearly ambiguous.
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