When does an unclear reference occur?

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  Question: When does an unclear reference occur?
 
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A. It occurs when the antecedent of a pronoun is assumed.
B. It occurs when the antecedent of a pronoun is one or more general ideas or concepts instead of a single noun or simple noun phrase.
*C. It occurs when the reader is not sure which noun or noun phrase the pronoun is supposed to replace. Correct!
D. It occurs when there are two or more nouns in a sentence that a pronoun could replace.
 
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The correct answer is: It occurs when the reader is not sure which noun or noun phrase the pronoun is supposed to replace.

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