The sentence "Nancy found a wrist watch and a pocket watch in the drawer but it didn’t work" contains a hidden antecedent issue. The pronoun "it" is used to refer to something, but there are two potential antecedents (the wrist watch and the pocket watch), making the reference vague. The sentence does not specify which watch "it" refers to, leading to ambiguity.
Which type of vague pronoun reference is used in a sentence?
Nancy found a wrist watch and a pocket watch in the drawer but it didn’t work.
Too many ANTECEDENTS, too many pronouns, no ANTECEDENTS, or hidden ANTECEDENTS
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