No, the word 'they' is a personal pronoun.
A personal pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun for a specific person (people) or thing (things).
The personal pronouns are: I, you, we, he, she, it, me, us, him, her, they, them.
The pronoun 'they' takes the place of a plural noun or two or more nouns as the subject of a sentence or a clause.
Example: The Robinsons came to visit and they brought the baby with them. (the personal pronoun 'they' takes the place of the plural noun 'Robinsons' as the subject of the second part of the sentence)
vague?
The "clarifying vague pronouns mastery test" likely refers to an assessment designed to evaluate a person's ability to identify and correct sentences with unclear or ambiguous pronoun references. This test can help individuals improve their writing and communication skills by ensuring pronouns clearly refer to their intended antecedents.
Vague words are terms that lack specificity or clarity, making their meaning unclear or open to interpretation. They often create ambiguity in communication and can lead to misunderstandings. Examples include "thing," "stuff," "often," and "some."
Pronouns must agree in number, person, and gender with their antecedents. This means that a singular pronoun should replace a singular antecedent, a plural pronoun for a plural antecedent, and so on. It's important to ensure clarity and avoid ambiguous pronoun references.
The pronouns in the sentence are: most, that, and who.None of these have a vague pronoun reference. The reference for each of these pronouns are:most - an indefinite pronoun that takes the place of a noun for an exact number of students.that - a demonstrative pronoun which refers to 'classes' that are asynchronous.who - a relative pronoun that introduces a relative clause that gives information about its antecedent 'students'.
To correct an ambiguous pronoun reference, you can:repeat the antecedentplace the pronoun nearer the antecedentrewrite the entire sentenceinsert an intensive pronoun after the ambiguous pronoun
All vague expressions are not ambiguous. The meaning of a vague expression may be clearly known, but the specificity is not.
Vague means not clear - ambiguous means two or more possible meanings
vague?
Did the status of the situation upset you?
The pronoun his is a vague pronoun because it's not clear whose bike had the flat, Stewart's or his dad's.
equivocal, vague
There are four levels of ambiguity... 1. vague 2. ambiguous 3. nebulous 4. Joel Orr
The vague pronoun is she.We can't tell if the girlfriend or the sister is really nice.
Are the following terms and statement, Green, Legal, "the number 7", considered vague or ambiguous?Thx!
More literary forms of the word *vague* may include these synonyms: ambiguous, amorphous, enigmatic, equivocal.
More literary forms of the word *vague* may include these synonyms: ambiguous, amorphous, enigmatic, equivocal.