Tsvsom  +  368041 Sun, 20 May 07 03:30 PM Hello, Which one of the following is better sentence. Looks like both of them have faulty pronoun references ('her'...'Agatha Christie'). If we are to choose one of them, which one would be better pick ? Why? Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband inspired her to write several mystery novels. Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband served as inspiration for several of her mystery novels. Thanks.     Tsvsom Joined on Sun, May 20 2007 New Member 03 Nouns, Pronouns

	nona the brit  +  368067 Sun, 20 May 07 04:44 PM The pronoun is fine. The meanings of other parts vary - Inspired her to write...this sounds as though the trips created the urge to write served as inspiration for ...this sounds as though the trips suggested information/settings for her writing. 'to write several mystery novels' - this sounds as though all she wrote was 'a few/several' mystery novels. 'for several of her mystery novels' - the inspiration only applies to some of her mystery novels, and doesn't give any idea of how many she wrote in total. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all. Nouns, Pronouns