Which type of vague pronoun reference is used in the Sentence?

Nancy found a wrist watch and a pocket watch in the drawer but it didn’t work

1 answer

The vague pronoun reference in the sentence you provided is "it." The pronoun "it" refers to either the wrist watch or the pocket watch, but the sentence does not make clear which one is being referred to. This creates ambiguity, as readers do not know whether "it" refers to the wrist watch or the pocket watch that did not work.