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Q&A When mentioning two items in a sentence, should I specify which one I'm referring to in the next one?

I think you'd do better moving the mention of hair to the second sentence: She had green eyes. Her hair curled like ferns clustered in a mountain forest. Or one sentence: She had green ey...

posted 10y ago by Robert Grant‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:45:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Robert Grant‭ · 2019-12-08T03:45:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
I think you'd do better moving the mention of hair to the second sentence:

> She had green eyes. Her hair curled like ferns clustered in a mountain forest.

Or one sentence:

> She had green eyes and her hair curled like ferns clustered in a mountain forest.

Having said that, I'm not really able to picture ferns as hair, but that might just be me.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-09-13T18:05:36Z (about 10 years ago)
Original score: 2