From the following context clues, determine what definition of "residuum" emerson is using. the last chamber, the last closet, he must feel was never opened; there is always a residuum unknown, unanalyzable. that is, every man believes that he has a greater possibility. hint: the following all correctly define "residuum" think connotation. that which remains; a residue applied to persons of the lowest class a waste or residual product

this is incorrect

explanation:

this is false

to eliminate ambiguous remote or broad reference it is necessary to focus on anaphoric reference. by definition "anaphoric reference means that a word in a text refers back to other ideas in the text for its meaning." the references should be clear and leave no room for ambiguity.

in the first case the pronoun it probably refers to the car but it has not been mentioned before so we should replace it for the car. in doing so the statement becomes clear.

in sentence number   two   the pronoun he refers to charles dickens the author. yet, the first half of the sentence is about the book a tale of two cities. to repair this it would be better to rephrase the first half : after i read   a tale of two cities by dickens, he so as to remove the remote reference.