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by hoji » Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:30 am
"it is inside the orbit of Jupiter, and the astronomers can see the COMET by using a good telescope."

is this sentence correct? does "it" unambiguously refer to "comet". ("it" refers to "comet").
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by chieftang » Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:49 am
hoji wrote:"it is inside the orbit of Jupiter, and the astronomers can see the COMET by using a good telescope."

is this sentence correct? does "it" unambiguously refer to "comet". ("it" refers to "comet").
Consider: The comet is inside the orbit of Jupiter, and astronomers can see it by using a good telescope.

Now what does "it" refer to? The comet or Jupiter?
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