To Josephine Baker, Paris was her home

Jonathan , Magoosh Tutor

Hi! The "it" is actually not ambiguous.

This is an acceptable case in which there is not antecedent to the pronoun. This is an example of something we call the "empty" it.

See this blog post for a detailed explanation.

* http://magoosh.com/gmat/2014/the-empty-it-on-the-gmat-sentence-correction/

And this video:

* http://magoosh.com/gmat/2014/gmat-tuesdays-with-kevin-sentence-correction-it-at-the-beginning-of-a-sentence/

I hope these help :)

Mar 16, 2015 • Reply