Simplified Deletions (Unspecified Nouns) Flashcards

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Simplified Deletions (Unspecified Noun) Negative Example:

Vague nouns (or pronouns) which create confusion and ambiguity.

“It’s time for you to face reality.”

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Unspecified Noun Positive Challenge:

“Whose reality?”

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Simplified Deletions (Unspecified Noun) Negative Example:

Vague nouns (or pronouns) which create confusion and ambiguity.

“Get a life.”

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Unspecified Noun Positive Challenge:

“What kind of life?”

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Simplified Deletions (Unspecified Noun) Negative Example:

Vague nouns (or pronouns) which create confusion and ambiguity.

“This situation is impossible.”

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Unspecified Noun Positive Challenge:

“Which situation?”

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Simplified Deletions (Unspecified Noun) Negative Example:

Vague nouns (or pronouns) which create confusion and ambiguity.

“There are certain things you can’t get through your head.”

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Unspecified Noun Positive Challenge:

“Which things specifically?”

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Simplified Deletions (Unspecified Noun) Negative Example:

Vague nouns (or pronouns) which create confusion and ambiguity.

“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”

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Unspecified Noun Positive Challenge:

“What’s not what who knows? Who does who need to know?”

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