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mething like feeling with a stick. Problems with parallel constructions: Faulty: When we arrived home, we unpacked our suitcase, took showers, and then we went to sleep after eating lunch. Americans encourage their children to get ahead, to excel, making money and acquiring possessions. Our new car not only is more economical but it is more fortable than our old one. Faulty: Many people choose air transportation because it is fast, offers convenience, and it is not very expensive. James Joyce’ s Ulysses, a long and plicated novel and which is on our reading list, has been banned by the school board.. (2) Problems with pronoun references (代詞指代 ) A pronoun must refer unmistakably to its antecedent, ., the noun whose place it takes. Or else problems occur. A. Ambiguous reference Faulty: She told my sister that she was wrong. Gee hit John and Tom hit him. Can you correct them? B. Implied antecedent: Obscure: As she was greatly influenced by her history teacher, she chose it as her major. In Dreiser’ s Sister Carrie, he describes a penniless girl’ s way to success. He was knocked down by a bicycle, but it was not serious. How shall we correct them? (3) Dangling and misplaced modifiers A. Dangling modifier Dangling: To get up early, the clock was set at six. After correcting all the mistakes, the second draft of the paper was much better than the first. Although seriously ill, the boss made her work ten hours a day in the hot workshop. How shall we correct the mistakes? Dangling: To appreciate the English language, a lot of reading must be