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Okay see Writing editors Here we go Another question for

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you colleges Or read the sense Benito chu and paulo

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were eating supper together when choking on a french fry

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He began to cough Okay all kinds of wrong in

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this sense So well anyone know the heimlich start there

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All right Although on closer inspection it might be helpful

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to know who needs it the most The problem with

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this sense is that we don't know which got to

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grab the ambiguous pronoun he could refer to any one

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of the three dudes sitting around on this dinner table

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gorging themselves way too fast as it turns out paulo's

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the one choking on a delicious golden stick of goodness

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with salt on it As with all writing we want

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the answer choice that's the simplest and most concise So

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it's gotta be c when paulo began to cough from

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choking on a french fry right that completes it best

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by far simpler construction is better than the one with

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an extra claws d right there that shifts the verb

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tense from were eating too has choked so it's awkward

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correct answer will specify the person who's replaced by the

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pronoun he so well That takes care of a nbc 00:01:11.432 --> [endTime] that's It it's safer shmoop and we're heimlich there

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