Posted by Regina on Monday, January 11, 2010 at 8:45pm.
A vague pronoun means that it's not clear to what or whom it refers.
I assume this is your pair of sentences:
"25a. Air pollution normally increases along with population growth. This increasing pollution is a big problem for many cities.
25b. Air pollution normally increases along with population growth. This is a big problem for many cities."
In 25a, "this" could refer to population growth which is clearly not the intention.
25b clarifies this confusion.
In a senior moment, I reversed these two sentences.
25a does not have a vague pronoun.
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