Identify the type of faulty pronoun reference in the following sentence: The basketball coach told the captain of the team that he would lead the practice for the day.
Ambiguous
General
Unclear
Weak
Identify the type of faulty pronoun reference in the following sentence: The basketball coach told?
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- 3+ months ago by Timcangmah
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A pronoun refers to the last preceding qualified noun. The genders of the coach and the captain are not specified, so there is no way to determine which one "he" refers to. That is ambiguous, but could also be called unclear.
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