Question

help!

Answer 1

4. Identify the pronoun which has an unclear antecedent in the following sentence, if one exists.

After you give the balls to the players, let me take a look at them.

Answer 2

@tafkas77 ?

Answer 3

Hello, lala! Let me take a look at this... do you know what an antecedent is or are you completely lost?

Answer 4

completly lost

Answer 5

Im also stuck on this one
4. Identify the pronoun which has an unclear antecedent in the following sentence, if one exists.

After you give the balls to the players, let me take a look at them.

Answer 6

Okay. First things first - an antecedent is the word that the pronoun is focused on.

Example:

"Dogs are cute when they bark."

In this example, "dogs" is the antecedent. "They" is the pronoun. "They" is referring to the dog. Does this make sense?

Answer 7

yeah!

Answer 8

so would my first one be balls

Answer 9

or is it you

Answer 10

Great! It's balls. That's good. Your other antecedent would be players.

Answer 11

that was what i thought but these are my ooptions
you
me
them
all pronouns have clear antecedents

Answer 12

Now, the pronoun that is being confused here could be "you" "me" or "them". Which one do you think it is?

Answer 13

would it be D.

Answer 14

I dont know im confused

Answer 15

Well, I can understand why you said that, but I would not choose that answer. Let's look at choice C, "them."

"After you give the balls to the players, let me take a look at them."

It is unclear whether the speaker in this sentence wants to look at the balls, or the players. Either one of these antecedents could be replaced by "them", which has two unclear antecedents./ Do you get this?

Answer 16

oh ok so it would be c.

Answer 17

"After you give the balls to the players, let me take a look at them."

"Let me take a look at the balls."

"Let me take a look at the players."

Both of these options make sense, which means that "them" has two unclear antecedents.

Answer 18

Perfect. :)

Answer 19

oh ok... what about 5.

Answer 20

Well... you pasted the same exact problem! :)

Answer 21

ooops!

Answer 22

:D

Answer 23

5. Choose the personal pronoun that correctly completes the sentence.

Jim and Charles really disliked ________ second class of the day.

Answer 24

his
their
they
theirs

Answer 25

Are you familiar with personal pronouns? Could you name them?

Answer 26

I just want to check this one.. its b right

Answer 27

is B. correct?

Answer 28

I would say so. :) I was trying to see if "his" would be correct, but honestly I wouldn't advise it. I would go with your choice. It is the only one that makes perfect sense.

Answer 29

oh ok thanks sooo much!

Answer 30

You're welcome! :D Well, I'm about to sign off for now; do you need anything else before I go?

Answer 31

no not at this moment thanks again

Answer 32

You are so welcome! Ciao for now! :D Good luck on your test. :)

Answer 33

thanks!