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<li>As a student becomes familiar with both early and contemporary Native American literature, one may notice that traditional stories have influenced recent ones.</li>
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<p>The error is “one”. I chose the answer correctly, but I was not entirely sure. Wouldn’t “student” and “one” still work since they are both third person singular? Why would “one” be an error?</p>

<p>*Apparently, crossing and “recrossing” make sense. Recrossing means to cross for the second time…</p>

<p>How does someone recross something…?</p>

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<p>“One” is an indefinite pronoun. One may start a sentence with a reference to “one,” or if no type of specification has been made, one may use “one” later on in the sentence. The specification of “a student,” even though it still seems rather indefinite, is specification enough to require the use of “he” or “he or she” or something similar, rather than “one” in the follow-on clause.</p>

<p>One might cross the Atlantic in one direction, and then recross it on the way back.</p>