According to Italy's top anti-Mafia prosecutor

[MithunS889]

Below is the question from Manhattan CAT. How does the sentence make clear that 'he' refers to mobster, not the prosecutor?

According to Italy's top anti-Mafia prosecutor, the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town famous because of “The Godfather” and near to those he most trusted.



a)the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town famous because of “The Godfather” and near to those he most trusted


b)famous because of “The Godfather,” the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town near to those he most trusted


c)the ailing mobster, famous because of “The Godfather,” came to take refuge in Corleone, a town near to those he most trusted


d)near to those he most trusted, the ailing mobster came to take refuge in Corleone, a town famous because of “The Godfather”


e)Corleone, famous because of “The Godfather,” was the town that the ailing mobster came to take refuge in because it was near to those he most trusted

[RonPurewal]

if the meaning of the pronoun is clear from common sense alone (and, of course, if the pronoun agrees with the noun), then the pronoun is fine.

here, there's no doubt about who "he" is. so you're good.

(imagine the situation if this weren't the case. in that situation, if you used the word "he", you wouldn't be allowed to mention more than one man in the sentence! that's crazy, and it would make lots of sentences effectively impossible to write.)