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Q&A When to use pronouns, and when to repeat yourself?

This is a quote from one of my favorite movies: "There are nearly thirteen million people in the world. None of those people is an extra. They're all the leads of their own stories." - Synecdoc...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by Alexandro Chen‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

Question word-choice
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:12:54Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/9515
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Alexandro Chen‭ · 2019-12-08T03:12:54Z (over 4 years ago)
This is a quote from one of my favorite movies:

> "There are nearly thirteen million people in the world. None of those people is an extra. They're all the leads of their own stories." - Synecdoche, New Work (2008)

Why didn't he just write:

> "There are nearly thirteen million people in the world. None of **them** is an extra..."

Instead?

I have the same problem when I'm writing fiction. When to repeat yourself and when to use a pronoun?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-11-22T16:32:27Z (over 10 years ago)
Original score: 0