<p>Garrett and Marcello are adept (ROPE CLIMBERS); (THE FORMER) can climb a twenty-foot rope in six seconds, and the latter (CAN CLIMB) (ONE) in five and a half. (NO ERROR)</p>
<p>is ‘one’ ambiguous here?
thanks!</p>
<p>p.s. Sorry i don’t know how to use this forum’s style of BBcode…is it still to underline? lol</p>
<p>I don’t think “one” is ambiguous here. The answer should be E - No Error. </p>
<p>“Garrett and Marcello” is a compound subject. It is plural. So “one” cannot grammatically refer to them. Can “one” refer to “the former,” or “Garett”? No, that’s unlikely - one is closest to “twenty-foot rope,” not “Garrett.”</p>
<p>What’s the correct answer?</p>
<p>not sure, will find out Tuesday, but I chose no error as well, even though I guess the length of the rope could fluctuate or something lol. I’m overanalyzing probably.</p>