Question

directions: read each sentence and select v if the sentence has a vague pronoun, r if the sentence has a repetitive pronoun, or c if the sentence is correct.
ernest hemingway
(1) world war i, it changed literature (__). (2) after the war, they began to tell stories of a society changed by modern warfare (). (3) this was led in part by american novelist ernest hemingway (). (4) he wrote in a direct style that reflected a generation worn down by events (). (5) before it, hemingway worked as a journalist in kansas city (). (6) he volunteered in an ambulance unit in the italian army (). (7) they say that hemingways second novel, a farewell to arms, draws on these wartime experiences (). (8) after the war, hemingway, ezra pound, and many other writers lived in europe and met; at first he didnt like him, but then he admired him (). (9) in the sun also rises, it depicts this time of hemingways life (__). (10) hemingway begins the novel with
obert cohn was once middleweight boxing champion of princeton,\ which is a very straightforward sentence (__). (11) hemingway captured the feelings of his generation with his to - the - point style of writing (__).

Explanation:

1. In sentence (1), "it" is a vague pronoun as it is not clear what "it" refers to.
2. In sentence (2), "they" is a vague pronoun as it is not clear who "they" are.
3. Sentence (3) is correct.
4. Sentence (4) is correct.
5. In sentence (5), "it" is a vague pronoun as it is not clear what "it" refers to.
6. Sentence (6) is correct.
7. In sentence (7), "they" is a vague pronoun as it is not clear who "they" are.
8. In sentence (8), "he" and "him" are repetitive pronouns.
9. In sentence (9), "it" is a vague pronoun as it is not clear what "it" refers to.
10. Sentence (10) is correct.
11. Sentence (11) is correct.

Answer:

1. V
2. V
3. C
4. C
5. V
6. C
7. V
8. R
9. V
10. C
11. C