Confusing Writing BB Answer

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<p>TEST 8, Question 7: </p>

<ol>
<li>[The author, taking the reader on a chronological journey through her native land, skillfully] conbining history and legend with fragments of fiction.
A. same
B. The reader is taken on a chonrological journey throught the author's native land by skillfully
C. The reader is taken on a chonrologcal journey through her native land by the author who is skillfully
D. The author, who takes the reader on a chronological journey through her native land, skillfully
E. The author takes the reader on a chronological journey through her native land, skillfully</li>
</ol>

<p>Answer is E but isn't the "her" in E ambiguous?</p>

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<p>You have a point!</p>

<p>The gender of neither the author nor the reader is known, so the antecedent of “her” is indeed ambiguous.</p>

<p>But at least E is much better than all the other choices, and the context of the sentence strongly suggests that the antecedent of “her” is “the author”.</p>