* Corrected sentence: "John gave the book to Mary, and she read it."
In this example, the pronoun "she" refers to "Mary," but the sentence structure makes it unclear. To correct this, the pronoun "she" can be placed closer to "Mary" or the sentence can be rewritten to use the pronoun "Mary" instead.
2. Original sentence: "The company announced that they were laying off workers."
* Corrected sentence: "The company announced that it was laying off workers."
In this example, the pronoun "they" refers to "the company," but the sentence structure makes it unclear. To correct this, the pronoun "they" can be replaced with the pronoun "it" or the sentence can be rewritten to use the noun "the company" instead.
3. Original sentence: "If you don't like the weather, just wait a minute and it will change."
* Corrected sentence: "If you don't like the weather, just wait a minute and it will change."
In this example, the pronoun "it" refers to "the weather," but the sentence structure makes it unclear. To correct this, the pronoun "it" can be placed closer to "the weather" or the sentence can be rewritten to use the noun "the weather" instead.