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******TEST ON FRIDAY 12/13*****

Active voice

Subject performs/ performing the action.

Passive voice

Subject receives the action, not performs it.

Vague and ambiguous pronouns

common writing errors where a pronoun (like it, this, they, he, she) does not clearly refer to a specific noun (antecedent), causing confusion about who or what is being discussed .

Ambiguous pronoun

have multiple nouns they could refer to - “John told his dad he could take the car - whose car?”

Vague pronouns

- lack a specific noun entirely - “They say we should…”