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15 March, 20:56

Identify the problem with pronoun reference as ambiguous, remote, or broad

When Jill picked up Nancy on the way to the game, she said she had forgotten the tickets

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  1. 15 March, 21:19
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    The ambiguity here is that we do not know whether she refers to Jill telling Nancy or to Nancy telling Jill. There are no logical laws that determine who said it, we just associate it naturally with the first option because Jill came first in the sentence.
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