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In 1877, Edgar Degas invited the American painter Mary Cassatt to exhibit her work with the Impressionists. Cassatt, who had grown frustrated with the rigid rules of the traditional French Salon, eagerly accepted the invitation. She began preparing a series of paintings featuring mothers and children, and [it] became a defining characteristic of her artistic legacy.

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion most clearly and precisely completes the sentence?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. this subject matterCevap
  3. C
    they
  4. D
    which

Cevap

this subject matter
Replacing the vague pronoun with the specific noun phrase 'this subject matter' clarifies exactly what became a defining characteristic of Cassatt's legacy, correcting the vague pronoun reference error.

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1
Identify the underlined pronoun and its potential antecedents in the passage.
The pronoun is the singular 'it', but there is no clear, singular noun antecedent in the preceding clause that it logically represents.
ACT English requires pronouns to refer clearly and unambiguously to a specific noun antecedent.
2
Evaluate the options to find the one that removes the vagueness and provides a clear noun phrase.
Replacing 'it' with the noun phrase 'this subject matter' directly specifies the theme of mothers and children, resolving the vagueness.
Replacing a vague pronoun with a specific noun or noun phrase is the standard way to correct pronoun reference errors.

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