<p>I don't get it sometimes, the closest antecedent and pronuon do not match or aren't clear sometimes; does this have to do with subordinate or relative clauses? Take for instance:
"Although many people scoff at superstitions, they usually have some of their own..." According to PR that sentence is correct, but looking at they isn't the antecedent suppose to be referring to superstitions? Help would be appreciated</p>
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<p>The final answer:</p>
<p> the Princeton Review isn't a reliable source
a good sentence should make clear the antecedents of its pronouns
if it's underlined, it's wrong, or, if the ambiguity is removed in a reworded sentence, then choose that sentence
if the error is neither fixed nor underlined, rely on common sense.</p>
<p>I don't think you'll find a question in which the ambiguous antecedent is underlined, but that it is in fact correct.</p>
<p>URGENT:
so the above sentence is correct?
Also this one is also marked no error, but I can swear "familiar to us" doesn't have a clear antecedent
"During the Triassic period, there was only one huge land mass, Pangea, which encompassed all the present-day continents; some of the plants and trees familiar to us today also grew on Pangea. No error</p>
<p>The first sentence you posted would be ambiguous. It's not necessarily incorrect. However if it is marked as possibly wrong, then, unless something else is glaringly wrong, choose that answer.</p>
<p>As for your second example, there is no error. The antecedent rule, when it comes to the SAT, is only important when there is a plural subject, where an ambiguity would occur if the pronoun didn't logically refer to something. Not every pronoun has to be stated. "I wanted to try but I was afraid of it" is a correct SAT sentence even though we aren't sure what "I" and "it" refer to.</p>