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Q&A Ambiguous sentences: How to tell when they need fixing?

Alyssa is upset with her sister. Assuming that this will be make even more obvious by context, I think the text is fine as it is. You could make the sentence perfectly clear, but keep in mind tha...

posted 5y ago by Neil‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:26:44Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/46593
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T12:26:44Z (over 4 years ago)
Alyssa is upset with her sister. Assuming that this will be make even more obvious by context, I think the text is fine as it is.

You could make the sentence perfectly clear, but keep in mind that this isn't tech writing. The protagonist is angry here, and probably not thinking logically. Trying to achieve perfect clarify would probably take the soul of the writing away.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-07-13T16:03:26Z (almost 5 years ago)
Original score: 6