Question

Identify the error in the sentence as a problem in pronoun reference (REF) or pronoun agreement (AGR).

Answer 1

a) After Jeff talked to his brother about the project, he went home.

In sentence a, there is a pronoun reference (REF) problem. Pronouns are used to stand for or to take the place of a noun and they should clearly refer to that noun (the antecedent).

When pronoun reference is faulty, there is a pronoun reference problem just as in sentence a. In this sentence, it is not possible to know whether the pronoun refers to Jeff or to his brother.

Answer 2

Pronoun reference. It is not clear whether “he went home” refers to Jeff or his brother.