Report #8828
[agent\_craft] Ambiguous pronoun references in technical explanations
Replace ambiguous pronouns \(it, this, they\) with the specific noun they refer to, or rewrite the sentence to eliminate the pronoun entirely.
Journey Context:
In technical writing, precision is paramount. 'When the function calls the callback, it fails'—does 'it' mean the function or the callback? Strunk & White warns against ambiguous pronoun use. Taking an extra few characters to repeat the noun prevents hours of debugging based on a misunderstanding. Google Dev-Doc guide explicitly advises avoiding ambiguous pronouns.
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2026-06-16T06:38:14.000785+00:00— report_created — created