Read the following sentence.

If a person wants to succeed in life, you really have to work at it.

If the pronoun and antecedent in the sentence above are correct as is, write "correct" and explain the reason the pronoun choice is correct. If the sentence contains a pronoun error, rewrite the sentence to correct the error, then explain the reason the pronoun used was an error.

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Mariam Walls

4 June, 20:21

Read the following sentence.

If a person wants to succeed in life, you really have to work at it.

If the pronoun and antecedent in the sentence above are correct as is, write "correct" and explain the reason the pronoun choice is correct. If the sentence contains a pronoun error, rewrite the sentence to correct the error, then explain the reason the pronoun used was an error.

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Dixie Kelley · Answer 1

If a person wants to succeed in life, he or she really has to work at it.

Explanation:

the pronoun "you" does not match up with "a person." The sentence starts out in third person and then transitions to second person, so the correction fixes this.