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Zorluk: OrtaPronoun Clarity and Reference

Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.

In the late nineteenth century, botanist Elizabeth Gertrude Britton and her husband Nathaniel Lord Britton worked tirelessly to establish the New York Botanical Garden. Elizabeth wrote hundreds of articles on mosses while Nathaniel organized the institutional funding, which ensured that <u>it</u> would become a premier research facility.

Which choice is the best replacement for the underlined word to ensure that the sentence is clear and grammatically correct?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. the gardenCevap
  3. C
    this
  4. D
    they

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The correct answer is 'the garden' because it replaces the ambiguous pronoun with a specific noun, clarifying that the New York Botanical Garden is the facility being described.
Replacing the pronoun with the specific noun phrase 'the garden' removes the ambiguity and clearly identifies the institution that became a premier research facility.

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1
Identify the underlined pronoun and its potential antecedents in the sentence.
The pronoun is 'it', and the potential antecedents are the New York Botanical Garden, the mosses/articles, and the institutional funding.
To determine if the pronoun is clear and has a single, unambiguous referent.
2
Evaluate the options to find a choice that replaces the pronoun with a specific, unambiguous noun.
The phrase 'the garden' specifically identifies the intended noun and maintains grammatical correctness.
A noun is required to resolve the ambiguity and ensure the reader understands what became the premier research facility.

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Pronoun clarity and reference require that every pronoun has a single, clear, and logical antecedent. When a pronoun can refer to multiple nouns, it must be replaced with a specific noun to resolve the ambiguity.
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