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Read the sentence.

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams had an up-and-down, long-term friendship, which he wrote about in letters to friends.

Which sentence corrects the vague or ambiguous pronoun he?


Thomas Jefferson and John Adams had an up-and-down, long-term friendship, which was written by them to friends.

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams had an up-and-down, long-term friendship, which he wrote about to their friends.

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams had an up-and-down, long-term friendship, which was written about in letters to their friends.

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams had an up-and-down, long-term friendship, which Jefferson wrote about in letters to friends.

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That’s the answer because I know
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Answer:

The last option.

Step-by-step explanation:

I believe it is the last option since we know who wrote the letters. In the original sentence it just says "he" and this could refer to either Thomas or John. In the last one it says who "he" is

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