<p>Here are two sentences:</p>
<p>Despite the claims of its devotees, sunbathing is not always healthful; prolonged exposure to it can sometimes cause cancer. No Error</p>
<p>The Teutonic Knights took Gdansk in 1308 and renamed it Danzig; by 1466, however, Polish kings were sovereign there once again and had restored the cities original name.No Error</p>
<p>How come "to it" in the first sentence is wrong and "there" in the second sentence is not?</p>
<p>I think the IT in the first sentence is kind of misleading... its prolonged exposure to the sun really. But really I don't see an error..
2nd one is correct. They are saying the kinds were soverign THERE like w/o it it would read that they were soveriegn but at no actual place.</p>
<p>"to it" is incorrected because it is not exposure to sunbathing that cuases cancer, but exposure to the sun that causes cancer. So the "it" refers to the incorrect antecedent (sunbathing). the correct antecedent is not in the sentence, so the pronoun is improper.</p>
<p>"there" is correct because it refers to the city of Gdansk/Danzig - a particular place.</p>
<p>thanks. that was great</p>