Pronoun Reference
Faulty pronoun reference means the antecedent of your pronoun is not totally and immediately clear. There is no single rule for making pronoun reference clear in all cases. Most often a reader will try to connect the pronoun with the subject of a previous clause or sentence: Your reader should connect your pronoun with its antecedent at once. When Andre cut his finger, he screamed out in pain. But not always, sometimes the reader will connect it with the closest noun: When Andre cut his finger, it started to bleed. In both cases the meaning is clear, and so there is no problem. Problems occur, though, when two words compete as antecedents and the meaning blurs: Finally, he wrapped his finger in a bandage, and it stopped bleeding. Or when the antecedent is not named explicitly: The danger of creosote build-up has not been properly publicized by the makers of wood burning stoves. This should be looked into thoroughly. Or when a pronoun seems to refer back to a single word but is intended...