Proofreading Activity 2: Pronoun Antecedent Agreement 2
The paragraph contains several errors in pronoun-antecedent agreement, pronoun reference, and pronoun case. Decide if the underlined selection needs to be revised or if it is correct as is.One of the legendary figures of Irish myth and history is Queen Maeve of Connacht. She is a warrior queen whom demonstrates her ambition by killing her pregnant sister and seizing the throne of Connacht. She marries several times: first Conor, king of Ulster, and last Ailill, prince of Leinster. In addition, they bears many children. Queen Maeve is the villain of the seventh-century epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley, one of the Ulster cycle of stories centered on their conflicts with the superhero Cú Chulainn. In the story of the cattle raid, her and Ailill argue over whom has the most wealth. Ailill wins because he owns a great white bull, so him and her compete when she steals the Brown Bull of Ulster. Cú Chulainn then comes forward to take their stolen bull back to it's rightful owners. As a legendary figure, Queen Maeve is not all bad. She inspires warriors of both genders and demonstrates that women can be active and heroic participants in battle, as he or she actually were in prehistoric Ireland and Britain.Which option(s) below would be an acceptable revision of the underlined selection?
Both revisions are acceptable.
The paragraph contains several errors in pronoun-antecedent agreement, pronoun reference, and pronoun case. Decide if the underlined selection needs to be revised or if it is correct as is.One of the legendary figures of Irish myth and history is Queen Maeve of Connacht. She is a warrior queen whom demonstrates her ambition by killing her pregnant sister and seizing the throne of Connacht. She marries several times: first Conor, king of Ulster, and last Ailill, prince of Leinster. In addition, they bears many children. Queen Maeve is the villain of the seventh-century epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley, one of the Ulster cycle of stories centered on their conflicts with the superhero Cú Chulainn. In the story of the cattle raid, her and Ailill argue over whom has the most wealth. Ailill wins because he owns a great white bull, so him and her compete when she steals the Brown Bull of Ulster. Cú Chulainn then comes forward to take their stolen bull back to it's rightful owners. As a legendary figure, Queen Maeve is not all bad. She inspires warriors of both genders and demonstrates that women can be active and heroic participants in battle, as he or she actually were in prehistoric Ireland and Britain.Which option below would be an acceptable revision of the underlined selection?
No revision is necessary.
The paragraph contains several errors in pronoun-antecedent agreement, pronoun reference, and pronoun case. Decide if the underlined selection needs to be revised or if it is correct as is.One of the legendary figures of Irish myth and history is Queen Maeve of Connacht. She is a warrior queen whom demonstrates her ambition by killing her pregnant sister and seizing the throne of Connacht. She marries several times: first Conor, king of Ulster, and last Ailill, prince of Leinster. In addition, they bears many children. Queen Maeve is the villain of the seventh-century epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley, one of the Ulster cycle of stories centered on theirconflicts with the superhero Cú Chulainn. In the story of the cattle raid, her and Ailill argue over whom has the most wealth. Ailill wins because he owns a great white bull, so him and her compete when she steals the Brown Bull of Ulster. Cú Chulainn then comes forward to take their stolen bull back to it's rightful owners. As a legendary figure, Queen Maeve is not all bad. She inspires warriors of both genders and demonstrates that women can be active and heroic participants in battle, as he or she actually were in prehistoric Ireland and Britain.Which option below would be an acceptable revision of the underlined selection? Group of answer choices
her
The paragraph contains several errors in pronoun-antecedent agreement, pronoun reference, and pronoun case. Decide if the underlined selection needs to be revised or if it is correct as is.One of the legendary figures of Irish myth and history is Queen Maeve of Connacht. She is a warrior queen whom demonstrates her ambition by killing her pregnant sister and seizing the throne of Connacht. She marries several times: first Conor, king of Ulster, and last Ailill, prince of Leinster. In addition, they bears many children. Queen Maeve is the villain of the seventh-century epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley, one of the Ulster cycle of stories centered on their conflicts with the superhero Cú Chulainn. In the story of the cattle raid, her and Ailill argue over whom has the most wealth. Ailill wins because he owns a great white bull, so him and her compete when she steals the Brown Bull of Ulster. Cú Chulainn then comes forward to take their stolen bull back to it's rightful owners. As a legendary figure, Queen Maeve is not all bad. She inspires warriors of both genders and demonstrates that women can be active and heroic participants in battle, as he or she actually were in prehistoric Ireland and Britain.Which option below would be an acceptable revision of the underlined selection?
its
The paragraph contains several errors in pronoun-antecedent agreement, pronoun reference, and pronoun case. Decide if the underlined selection needs to be revised or if it is correct as is.One of the legendary figures of Irish myth and history is Queen Maeve of Connacht. She is a warrior queen whom demonstrates her ambition by killing her pregnant sister and seizing the throne of Connacht. She marries several times: first Conor, king of Ulster, and last Ailill, prince of Leinster. In addition, they bears many children. Queen Maeve is the villain of the seventh-century epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley, one of the Ulster cycle of stories centered on their conflicts with the superhero Cú Chulainn. In the story of the cattle raid, her and Ailill argue over whom has the most wealth. Ailill wins because he owns a great white bull, so him and her compete when she steals the Brown Bull of Ulster. Cú Chulainn then comes forward to take their stolen bull back to it's rightful owners. As a legendary figure, Queen Maeve is not all bad. She inspires warriors of both genders and demonstrates that women can be active and heroic participants in battle, as he or she actually were in prehistoric Ireland and Britain.Which option below would be an acceptable revision of the underlined selection?
she
The paragraph contains several errors in pronoun-antecedent agreement, pronoun reference, and pronoun case. Decide if the underlined selection needs to be revised or if it is correct as is.One of the legendary figures of Irish myth and history is Queen Maeve of Connacht. She is a warrior queen whom demonstrates her ambition by killing her pregnant sister and seizing the throne of Connacht. She marries several times: first Conor, king of Ulster, and last Ailill, prince of Leinster. In addition, they bears many children. Queen Maeve is the villain of the seventh-century epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley, one of the Ulster cycle of stories centered on theirconflicts with the superhero Cú Chulainn. In the story of the cattle raid, her and Ailill argue over whom has the most wealth. Ailill wins because he owns a great white bull, so him and her compete when she steals the Brown Bull of Ulster. Cú Chulainn then comes forward to take their stolen bull back to it's rightful owners. As a legendary figure, Queen Maeve is not all bad. She inspires warriors of both genders and demonstrates that women can be active and heroic participants in battle, as he or she actually were in prehistoric Ireland and Britain.Which option below would be an acceptable revision of the underlined selection? Group of answer choices
she
The paragraph contains several errors in pronoun-antecedent agreement, pronoun reference, and pronoun case. Decide if the underlined selection needs to be revised or if it is correct as is.One of the legendary figures of Irish myth and history is Queen Maeve of Connacht. She is a warrior queen whom demonstrates her ambition by killing her pregnant sister and seizing the throne of Connacht. She marries several times: first Conor, king of Ulster, and last Ailill, prince of Leinster. In addition, they bears many children. Queen Maeve is the villain of the seventh-century epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley, one of the Ulster cycle of stories centered on their conflicts with the superhero Cú Chulainn. In the story of the cattle raid, her and Ailill argue over whom has the most wealth. Ailill wins because he owns a great white bull, so him and her compete when she steals the Brown Bull of Ulster. Cú Chulainn then comes forward to take their stolen bull back to it's rightful owners. As a legendary figure, Queen Maeve is not all bad. She inspires warriors of both genders and demonstrates that women can be active and heroic participants in battle, as he or she actually were in prehistoric Ireland and Britain.Which option below would be an acceptable revision of the underlined selection? Group of answer choices
they
The paragraph contains several errors in pronoun-antecedent agreement, pronoun reference, and pronoun case. Decide if the underlined selection needs to be revised or if it is correct as is.One of the legendary figures of Irish myth and history is Queen Maeve of Connacht. She is a warrior queen whom demonstrates her ambition by killing her pregnant sister and seizing the throne of Connacht. She marries several times: first Conor, king of Ulster, and last Ailill, prince of Leinster. In addition, they bears many children.Queen Maeve is the villain of the seventh-century epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley, one of the Ulster cycle of stories centered on their conflicts with the superhero Cú Chulainn. In the story of the cattle raid, her and Ailill argue over whom has the most wealth. Ailill wins because he owns a great white bull, so him and her compete when she steals the Brown Bull of Ulster. Cú Chulainn then comes forward to take their stolen bull back to it's rightful owners. As a legendary figure, Queen Maeve is not all bad. She inspires warriors of both genders and demonstrates that women can be active and heroic participants in battle, as he or she actually were in prehistoric Ireland and Britain.Which option below would be an acceptable revision of the underlined selection?
they
The paragraph contains several errors in pronoun-antecedent agreement, pronoun reference, and pronoun case. Decide if the underlined selection needs to be revised or if it is correct as is.One of the legendary figures of Irish myth and history is Queen Maeve of Connacht. She is a warrior queen whom demonstrates her ambition by killing her pregnant sister and seizing the throne of Connacht. She marries several times: first Conor, king of Ulster, and last Ailill, prince of Leinster. In addition, they bears many children. Queen Maeve is the villain of the seventh-century epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley, one of the Ulster cycle of stories centered on their conflicts with the superhero Cú Chulainn. In the story of the cattle raid, her and Ailill argue over whom has the most wealth. Ailill wins because he owns a great white bull, so him and her compete when she steals the Brown Bull of Ulster. Cú Chulainn then comes forward to take their stolen bull back to it's rightful owners. As a legendary figure, Queen Maeve is not all bad. She inspires warriors of both genders and demonstrates that women can be active and heroic participants in battle, as he or she actually were in prehistoric Ireland and Britain.Which option below would be an acceptable revision of the underlined selection?
who
The paragraph contains several errors in pronoun-antecedent agreement, pronoun reference, and pronoun case. For each question, decide if the underlined selection needs to be revised or if it is correct as is. One of the legendary figures of Irish myth and history is Queen Maeve of Connacht. She is a warrior queen whom demonstrates her ambition by killing her pregnant sister and seizing the throne of Connacht. She marries several times: first Conor, king of Ulster, and last Ailill, prince of Leinster. In addition, they bears many children. Queen Maeve is the villain of the seventh-century epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley, one of the Ulster cycle of stories centered on their conflicts with the superhero Cú Chulainn. In the story of the cattle raid, her and Ailill argue over whom has the most wealth. Ailill wins because he owns a great white bull, so him and her compete when she steals the Brown Bull of Ulster. Cú Chulainn then comes forward to take their stolen bull back to it's rightful owners. As a legendary figure, Queen Maeve is not all bad. She inspires warriors of both genders and demonstrates that women can be active and heroic participants in battle, as he or she actually were in prehistoric Ireland and Britain.Which option below would be an acceptable revision of the underlined selection?
who