I warned you about Pronouns

rogersgeorge on December 31st, 2016

Pronouns are tricky because sometimes you can’t tell what the pronoun refers to (called an antecedent, by the way). This is sometimes a source of humor in grammar textbooks, but occasionally this weakness turns up in the comics, too. I ran into a humorous take on missed antecedents in this Luann:

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I warned you about Pronouns

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