Pronoun Agreement and Reference Answers

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of [___]newspaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find [___] the subject of one of [___] columns. However, [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it [___]!” At the age of 71, [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa's army as [___] waged revolution across Mexico.

Which sentence contains a subject-verb agreement error?sentence 1X sentence 2sentence 3sentence 4sentence 5

What is the cause of both agreement errors?

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of [___]newspaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find [___] the subject of one of [___] columns. However, [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it [___]!” At the age of 71, [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa's army as [___] waged revolution across Mexico.

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of [___]newspaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find [___] the subject of one of [___] columns. However, [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it [___]!” At the age of 71, [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa's army as [___] waged revolution across Mexico.

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of [___]newspaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find [___] the subject of one of [___] columns. However, [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it [___]!” At the age of 71, [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa's army as [___] waged revolution across Mexico.

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of [___]newspaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find [___] the subject of one of [___] columns. However, [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it [___]!” At the age of 71, [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa's army as [___] waged revolution across Mexico.

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of [___]newspaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find [___] the subject of one of [___] columns. However, [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it [___]!” At the age of 71, [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa's army as [___] waged revolution across Mexico.

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of his [___] newpaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find themselves [___] the subject of one of his [___] columns. However, he [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of his [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it myself [___]!” At the age of 71, he [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa’s army as it [___] waged revolution across Mexico.

Which sentence contains a pronoun-antecedent error?sentence 1sentence 2X sentence 3sentence 4sentence 5

It depicts the adventures of Odysseus as he tries to find way home after the Trojan War.

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Revise sentence 3 by adding the correct verb form. His home in Ithaka.

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of [___]newspaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find [___] the subject of one of [___] columns. However, [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it [___]!” At the age of 71, [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa's army as [___] waged revolution across Mexico.

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of his [___] newpaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find themselves [___] the subject of one of his [___] columns. However, he [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of his [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it myself [___]!” At the age of 71, he [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa’s army as it [___] waged revolution across Mexico.

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of [___]newspaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find [___] the subject of one of [___] columns. However, [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it [___]!” At the age of 71, [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa's army as [___] waged revolution across Mexico.

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of his [___] newpaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find themselves [___] the subject of one of his [___] columns. However, he [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of his [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it myself [___]!” At the age of 71, he [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa’s army as it [___] waged revolution across Mexico.

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of his [___] newpaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find themselves [___] the subject of one of his [___] columns. However, he [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of his [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it myself [___]!” At the age of 71, he [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa’s army as it [___] waged revolution across Mexico.

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of his [___] newpaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find themselves [___] the subject of one of his [___] columns. However, he [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of his [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it myself [___]!” At the age of 71, he [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa’s army as it [___] waged revolution across Mexico.

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of his [___] newpaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find themselves [___] the subject of one of his [___] columns. However, he [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of his [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it myself [___]!” At the age of 71, he [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa’s army as it [___] waged revolution across Mexico.