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Churchgoers in the Oldcastle parish have asked the leaders of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church since the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them.
A. the leaders of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church since the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them
B. the leaders of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention at the local church since the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them
C. the leaders of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church due to the fact that the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them.
D. the leadership of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church due to the fact the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them
E. the leadership of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church since the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them
A. the leaders of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church since the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them
B. the leaders of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention at the local church since the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them
C. the leaders of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church due to the fact that the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them.
D. the leadership of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church due to the fact the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them
E. the leadership of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church since the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them
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A. the leaders of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church since the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them
--> "Them" may also refer back to the "leaders of the Human Genome Project" hence unclear antecedent
B. the leaders of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention at the local church since the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them
--> "Them" may also refer back to the "leaders of the Human Genome Project" hence unclear antecedent
--> the sentence also references only the "local church" and not the "opposite local church"
C. the leaders of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church due to the fact that the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them.
--> "Them" may also refer back to the "leaders of the Human Genome Project" hence unclear antecedent
D. the leadership of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church due to the fact the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them
--> due to the fact" should be followed by "that".
--> the leadership makes the pronoun "them" clear for the Churchgoers
E. the leadership of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church since the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them
--> the leadership makes the pronoun "them" clear for the Churchgoers
Option E
--> "Them" may also refer back to the "leaders of the Human Genome Project" hence unclear antecedent
B. the leaders of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention at the local church since the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them
--> "Them" may also refer back to the "leaders of the Human Genome Project" hence unclear antecedent
--> the sentence also references only the "local church" and not the "opposite local church"
C. the leaders of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church due to the fact that the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them.
--> "Them" may also refer back to the "leaders of the Human Genome Project" hence unclear antecedent
D. the leadership of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church due to the fact the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them
--> due to the fact" should be followed by "that".
--> the leadership makes the pronoun "them" clear for the Churchgoers
E. the leadership of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church since the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them
--> the leadership makes the pronoun "them" clear for the Churchgoers
Option E
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Churchgoers in the Oldcastle parish have asked the leaders of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church since the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them.
A. the leaders of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church since the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them
This answer choice is stylistically flawed. The pronoun them is ambiguous because it agrees with both churchgoers and leaders.
What helps us identify this question as a Pronoun question as well as identify the ambiguity mistake is the following Stop Sign:
- Every pronoun in the underlined part of the sentence or after it
B. the leaders of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention at the local church since the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them
This answer choice repeats the original mistake. This answer choice is stylistically flawed. The pronoun them is ambiguous because it agrees with both churchgoers and leaders.
What helps us identify this question as a Pronoun question as well as identify the ambiguity mistake is the following Stop Sign:
- Every pronoun in the underlined part of the sentence or after it
In addition, the omission of the words the center opposite changes the meaning of the original sentence.
C. the leaders of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church due to the fact that the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them.
This answer choice repeats the original mistake. This answer choice is stylistically flawed. The pronoun them is ambiguous because it agrees with both churchgoers and leaders.
What helps us identify this question as a Pronoun question as well as identify the ambiguity mistake is the following Stop Sign:
- Every pronoun in the underlined part of the sentence or after it
In addition, replacing the single word since with the five-word phrase due to the fact that creates redundancy.
D. the leadership of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church due to the fact the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them
Almost... This answer choice corrects the original ambiguity mistake in a clever way. It retains the originally ambiguous pronoun them, and changes one of the plural nouns with which it agreed (leaders) to the singular leadership. The result is that them now agrees with one noun only - Churchgoers, so it is no longer ambiguous.
Had this been the only difference between the original sentence and this answer choice, it would have been the correct answer. However, this answer also makes another change which makes it stylistically flawed. Replacing the single word since with the five-word phrase due to the fact that creates redundancy.
E. the leadership of the Human Genome Project not to hold a convention in the center opposite the local church since the agenda presented in the convention may be offensive to them
Excellent! This answer choice corrects the original ambiguity mistake in a clever way. It retains the originally ambiguous pronoun them, but changes one of the plural nouns with which it agreed (leaders) to the singular leadership. The result is that them now agrees with one noun only - Churchgoers, so it is no longer ambiguous.
