Everyone remembers what a pronoun is in standard English: a pronoun replaces a noun in order to avoid repetition. However, if you have not clearly established (in a thesis, topic sentence, or closing sentence) the subject of the sentence, you cannot use a pronoun to avoid repetition because it is not avoiding repetition if there was not a clear subject indicated to begin with in the sentence. Using a pronoun, in this case, causes confusion.
Pronouns are vague, and while they can be used in any type of sentence, you should only use them when the noun that they are replacing is very clear. While pronouns are a perfectly acceptable form of noun replacement, you need to make sure that you are not incorrectly using them in the most important sentences in your essay: thesis statement, topic sentences, and closing sentences. Thesis statements, topic sentences, and closing sentences need to be written as if they could stand alone, be read by the reader, and the full intent would still be perfectly clear. These types of sentences must contain CLEAR subject usage through a noun or proper noun. Pronouns are vague, and it is required that they only be used when the noun is very clear.
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