Problem with the simple writing question

<p>Can’t understand where is the mistake, can someone elucidate it to me?</p>

<p>“Interested in studying insects and their effects on agriculture, Larissa and Tariq plan to become an entomologist and then return to help the farmers in their small town.”</p>

<p>I’d say two mistakes.</p>

<p>1)entomologist=n.n agreement(n.n is not a smily face)
2) their= ambigious (L and T small town or the farmars’ small town)</p>

<p>I do not see that “their” is ambiguous. Because of its proximity to the word insects and the general context of the phrase “Interested … agriculture”, “their” clearly refers to “insects”.</p>

<p>The correction is “an entomologist” –> “entomologists”</p>

<p>Their is ambigious. It can grammatically refer to Larissa and Tariq, or farmers.</p>

<p>It’s nothing hard… an entomologist -> entomologists
Larissa and Tariq cannot become one entomologist…(unless they unite…in a very questionable way.)</p>

<p>Thanks for replies, i’m international, so it is kind of hard for me.</p>

<p>Fog he meant the 2nd their, lol. </p>

<p>I don’t think the 2nd their is ambiguous because of the word “return”.</p>