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How to Avoid Pronoun Shifts

posted October 12, 2009 - 12:29pm
How to Avoid Pronoun Shifts

When writing your SAT essay, avoid pronoun shifts by keeping your pronouns consistent.

A pronoun shift occurs when you start a sentence using one type of pronoun, then shift to another type of pronoun.

For example, this is wrong:

If one wishes to earn a high score on the SAT essay, you should study grammar and take practice tests.

The error is a shift in pronoun from one to you...

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Website: http://www.grammar-guy.com/2009/10/sat-prep-how-to...


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