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Gwen and a Pronoun Case Error

Gwen Stefani has created a line of dolls dressed in outfits like the ones her and her Harajuku Girls wore on her last tour.
This sentence contains a pronoun case error. The prepositional phrase "like the ones her and her Harajuku Girls wore" contains a compound subject ("her and her Harajuku Girls") and a verb ("wore"). […]

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Mel, an Agreement Shift, and the Wrong Pronoun

If you want to boycott Mel Gibson, one should neither see Apocalypto or rent or buy copies of any of his earlier films.
This sentence contains two errors: an agreement shift in pronoun person and an incorrect pairing of correlative conjunctions.
The dependent clause "If you want to boycott Mel Gibson" contains the second person pronoun "you." […]

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Beyonce and Three Errors: Modifier Confusion, Redundant Diction, and Pronoun Confusion

Beyoncé Knowles says she feels badly about her behavior during a duet performance with Prince at the 2004 Grammy Awards. She explains that the reason she did not share the microphone with her singing partner is because her diva alter ego, who she refers to as "Sasha," took over her body and stole the show.
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Tom and a Pronoun Person Shift

Tom Cruise will be reenacting a scene from Mission Impossible:III for the film's Japanese premiere. He will amaze fans as he is chased in a speedboat by a helicopter, and he will commandeer a train and meet with you on board during the trip from Osaka to Tokyo.
The second sentence contains a pronoun error. The […]

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