Punctuation and Ambigous Pronoun Questions
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“The geneticist’s testimony should not be accepted simply because of his reputation. It should be accepted because it agrees with the evidence that the defendant was somewhere else when the crime was committed.”
I was wondering if forum members would answer two simple questions about the paragraph above for me:
1) Would you replace the period with a colon or semi-colon?
2) Is “it” at the beginning of the second sentence an ambiguous pronoun because a reader could initially interpret “it” as a reference to “reputation”?
Thank you.
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“The geneticist’s testimony should not be accepted simply because of his reputation. It should be accepted because it agrees with the evidence that the defendant was somewhere else when the crime was committed.”
I was wondering if forum members would answer two simple questions about the paragraph above for me:
1) Would you replace the period with a colon or semi-colon?
2) Is “it” at the beginning of the second sentence an ambiguous pronoun because a reader could initially interpret “it” as a reference to “reputation”?
Thank you.
punctuation pronouns
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I’d stick with the period (colon is a distant second choice for me: that sentence is too long unbroken). The it is unambiguously referring to the testimony, IMO.
– Dan Bron
41 mins ago
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up vote
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“The geneticist’s testimony should not be accepted simply because of his reputation. It should be accepted because it agrees with the evidence that the defendant was somewhere else when the crime was committed.”
I was wondering if forum members would answer two simple questions about the paragraph above for me:
1) Would you replace the period with a colon or semi-colon?
2) Is “it” at the beginning of the second sentence an ambiguous pronoun because a reader could initially interpret “it” as a reference to “reputation”?
Thank you.
punctuation pronouns
asked 49 mins ago
Skater
112
“The geneticist’s testimony should not be accepted simply because of his reputation. It should be accepted because it agrees with the evidence that the defendant was somewhere else when the crime was committed.”
I was wondering if forum members would answer two simple questions about the paragraph above for me:
1) Would you replace the period with a colon or semi-colon?
2) Is “it” at the beginning of the second sentence an ambiguous pronoun because a reader could initially interpret “it” as a reference to “reputation”?
Thank you.
punctuation pronouns
punctuation pronouns
asked 49 mins ago
Skater
112
asked 49 mins ago
Skater
112
asked 49 mins ago
Skater
112
asked 49 mins ago
Skater
112
asked 49 mins ago
Skater
112
112
I’d stick with the period (colon is a distant second choice for me: that sentence is too long unbroken). The it is unambiguously referring to the testimony, IMO.
– Dan Bron
41 mins ago
add a comment |
I’d stick with the period (colon is a distant second choice for me: that sentence is too long unbroken). The it is unambiguously referring to the testimony, IMO.
– Dan Bron
41 mins ago
I’d stick with the period (colon is a distant second choice for me: that sentence is too long unbroken). The it is unambiguously referring to the testimony, IMO.
– Dan Bron
41 mins ago
I’d stick with the period (colon is a distant second choice for me: that sentence is too long unbroken). The it is unambiguously referring to the testimony, IMO.
– Dan Bron
41 mins ago
add a comment |
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I’d stick with the period (colon is a distant second choice for me: that sentence is too long unbroken). The it is unambiguously referring to the testimony, IMO.
– Dan Bron
41 mins ago