Question

Read the sentence.

Ms. Marx told Alyssa about the promising essay contest, and she was excited at the prospect.

Which correction would make this sentence more clear?

changing “Alyssa” to “her”
changing “Ms. Marx” to “she”
changing “she” to “Alyssa”
changing “the prospect” to “it”

Answer 1

changing “she” to “Alyssa”

This removes the ambiguous pronoun "she" (which could refer to Ms. Marx or Alyssa) by explicitly naming who was excited.