Question

Read the passage below.
Last Saturday, Maya and her brother helped clean their grandmother's attic. Inside a dusty box, she found an old diary. Maya opened it carefully, and she read the first page aloud. "The best memories," whispered their grandmother, "are written down so they won't be forgotten."
Which sentence from the passage contains a pronoun-antecedent error?
(1 point)
• Last Saturday, Maya and her brother helped clean their grandmother's attic.
• Inside a dusty box, she found an old diary.
• Maya opened it carefully, and she read the first page aloud.
"The best memories," whispered their grandmother, "are written down so they won't be forgotten."

Answer 1

"Inside a dusty box, she found an old diary."

Reason: the pronoun "she" has no clear antecedent (it's ambiguous whether it refers to Maya or their grandmother). A clearer version: "Inside a dusty box, Maya found an old diary."