Question
Which sentence corrects the vague pronoun in the underlined sentence?
Marsha and Luanne used to take turns walking their dog. But after she got a new job, they decided to hire a dog walker to come by every other day.
A.
But after Marsha and Luanne got a new job, she decided to hire a dog walker to come by every other day.
B.
But after they got a new job, she decided to hire a dog walker to come by every other day.
C.
But after she got a new job, Marsha and Luanne decided to hire a dog walker to come by every other day.
D.
But after Marsha got a new job, they decided to hire a dog walker to come by every other day.
Marsha and Luanne used to take turns walking their dog. But after she got a new job, they decided to hire a dog walker to come by every other day.
A.
But after Marsha and Luanne got a new job, she decided to hire a dog walker to come by every other day.
B.
But after they got a new job, she decided to hire a dog walker to come by every other day.
C.
But after she got a new job, Marsha and Luanne decided to hire a dog walker to come by every other day.
D.
But after Marsha got a new job, they decided to hire a dog walker to come by every other day.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The correct option that clarifies the vague pronoun in the sentence is:
**D. But after Marsha got a new job, they decided to hire a dog walker to come by every other day.**
This option makes it clear that it was Marsha who got a new job while maintaining the reference to both Marsha and Luanne as "they."
**D. But after Marsha got a new job, they decided to hire a dog walker to come by every other day.**
This option makes it clear that it was Marsha who got a new job while maintaining the reference to both Marsha and Luanne as "they."