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Here is a sentence with pronoun(s) whose antecedent(s) can either be derived from the context or is ambiguous.
Sentence: The writer dreamed of modeling his characters after his friends. These friends would travel, laugh and fight, leading to a novel that was thrilling, but he wasn’t sure what his friends would think and whether they would like it.
Which of the following options correctly explains the antecedent(s) of the pronoun(s)?
(A) The writer’s friends would travel, laugh and fight and the story’s friends might not like that.
(B) The writer’s friends would travel, laugh and fight and the writer’s friends might not like that.
(C) The story’s friends would travel, laugh and fight and the writer’s friends might not like that.
(D) Ambiguous.

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