Question

read the following paragraph and look for errors in subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement. the sentences are numbered for your convenience.[1] the odyssey is an ancient greek epic poem. [2] it depicts the adventures of odysseus as he tries to find its way home after the trojan war. [3] his home were in ithaka. [4] his wife and son in ithaka waited ten years for his return. [5] the poem inspired several modern works; they include ulysses and the penelopiad.which sentence contains a pronoun-antecedent error?

Answer 1

Sentence [2] contains a pronoun-antecedent error where 'it' should be replaced with 'his' to correctly refer to the human character Odysseus.

Step-by-step explanation:

• The sentence that contains a pronoun-antecedent error in the provided paragraph is sentence [2].
• In this sentence, 'it' is used as a pronoun for Odysseus, who is a human and should therefore be referred to by 'his' rather than 'its'.
• A corrected version of the sentence would be: 'It depicts the adventures of Odysseus as he tries to find his way home after the Trojan War.'
• Having human characters referred to by human pronouns maintains proper pronoun-antecedent agreement in English.