Why I Don’t Like Pronouns

rogersgeorge on July 8th, 2018

I mentioned this several times in the past. Pronouns are tricky because figuring out the antecedent can be tricky. (The antecedent is the word the pronoun refers to.) And that trickiness is the basis of the humor in this Grizzwells comic:

The writing rule: Avoid pronouns whenever you can.

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Why I Don’t Like Pronouns

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