I am Not a grammarian. Is that a word? Anyway, I am not an expert on grammar. Never have been... except maybe for a week in seventh grade where we learned grammar rules and I thought it was so easy, and I understood it. Then I took the test, and I never did recover that knowledge.
Anyway. I'm writing a book and I had a friend help with the read through (among other people). She was an English major in college and she knows her grammar. At least a lot better than I do.
Anyway she is always writing "fix this, there is antecedent confusion." Or something like that. Meaning the pronouns are not clear. And now I finally get to the point.
Since she (meaning the before mentioned English major friend) has started writing that (meaning "antecedent confusion") I have noticed how often in writing, and conversation antecedent confusion actually occurs.
Like that last sentence for instance.
Sometimes I just want to stop and say "Antecedent Confusion!" but instead I settle for:
Wait who? Where are you talking about? Are you talking about cookies?
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