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>> > "Amsha's lifetime friend, Kay Mudely, remembers Mrs. Reddy from

>> > her days as a student nurse."

>> >

>> > Does "her days as a student nurse" refer to Kay Mudely, or to

>> > Mrs. Reddy? Something about this structure seems incorrect and I

>> > can't put my finger on it...help please

>> >

 

> I'm asking what the problem is with the

>construction of this sentence;

 

The problem is that the antecedent of "her" is ambiguous.

 

In the words of the Fowler brothers:

 

"There should not be two parties justifying even a

momentary doubt about which the pronoun represents."

 

You need to replace "her" with the actual name or else recast the

sentence.