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Name _____________________________________

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7. Coach is an eternal perfectionist; he simply will not accept the attitude of some of us.

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8. No one but he could have inspired the team to play as it has this year.

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9. Everybody except him had predicted a miserable record.

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10. The dancers in the next scene—Louisa, Rosie, and me—have never appeared before so

large an audience.

III:

Pronoun Reference

Rewrite each sentence that contains an error in the reference of a pronoun. Note that some sentences may

be corrected in more than one way. Write C if the sentence is correct.

Example: Ken is a sales representative, and he thrives on it.

Ken is a sales representative, and he

thrives on his job.

1. When you have to walk from the subway to your office, a woman needs to wear one pair of shoes

and carry another.

2. Adam, look at your watch to see whether it is almost time for this lecture to be over.

3. The man in front of me at the market had a heap of groceries in his cart, which delayed my work.

4. When we read that Will and Ariel Durant were both historians, we became interested not only in

them but also in it.

5. If a man decides to order a monogrammed shirt, you should be absolutely sure that it will fit.

6. Coach Mike told John that he had to spend more time on the track if he expected to stay in shape.

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