Five of the following word groups contain a problem with pronoun-antecedent agreement. Mark the correct sentences “OK”, and edit the incorrect ones to eliminate the problem. Example:
Pilots
During World War I, Amelia Earhart listened to wounded pilots’ tales of adventure. ^ A pilot would describe a particular daring wartime adventure and joke about their ability to beat the odds.
1.After World War I, Amelia Earhart took flying lessons. She learned quickly, but the lessons cost her most of her salary.
2.She wanted does lessons, so she worked two jobs to pay for them: She clerked for the telephone company and drove a dump truck for a sand and gravel company.
3.Members of her family pooled their funds to buy a gift- a little yellow biplane- for her twenty-fourth birthday celebration; it was the perfect gift.
4.Amelia Earhart soon learned that when someone owns a plane, they need a lot of money.
5.She sometimes executed dangerous maneuvers before her teacher was sure Amelia could handle it.
6.At first everyone could not believe their eyes when she deliberately put her plane into spin.
7.Each spectator would gasp when they heard her cut the engine off into a spin.
8.But Amelia Earhart repeatedly pulled the plane out of its spin and landed safely, delighting everyone.
9.When an aviator wants to break records, they will work very hard.
10.Aviation record keepers had to make a new entry in the record books: They had seen Amelia Earhart fly 14,000 feet high.
Pilots
During World War I, Amelia Earhart listened to wounded pilots’ tales of adventure. ^ A pilot would describe a particular daring wartime adventure and joke about their ability to beat the odds.
1.After World War I, Amelia Earhart took flying lessons. She learned quickly, but the lessons cost her most of her salary.
2.She wanted does lessons, so she worked two jobs to pay for them: She clerked for the telephone company and drove a dump truck for a sand and gravel company.
3.Members of her family pooled their funds to buy a gift- a little yellow biplane- for her twenty-fourth birthday celebration; it was the perfect gift.
4.Amelia Earhart soon learned that when someone owns a plane, they need a lot of money.
5.She sometimes executed dangerous maneuvers before her teacher was sure Amelia could handle it.
6.At first everyone could not believe their eyes when she deliberately put her plane into spin.
7.Each spectator would gasp when they heard her cut the engine off into a spin.
8.But Amelia Earhart repeatedly pulled the plane out of its spin and landed safely, delighting everyone.
9.When an aviator wants to break records, they will work very hard.
10.Aviation record keepers had to make a new entry in the record books: They had seen Amelia Earhart fly 14,000 feet high.