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hubes95

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on: Jul 15, 2018
What is wrong with the following sentence? Bob told his father that he had behaved like a fool.
 
  a. It has a double negative.
  b. It is missing a subject.
  c. The pronoun's antecedent is not clear.
  d. There is nothing wrong with the sentence.

Question 2

If writing in second person point of view, which of the following pronouns would be most appropriate to use?
 
  a. you
  b. I
  c. we
  d. they


Bigfoot1984

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Reply #1 on: Jul 15, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c. The pronoun's antecedent is not clear.

Answer to Question 2

a. you


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