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Choose the sentence that uses pronouns correctly, avoiding problems with pronoun-antecedent
agreement and/or gender bias. |
| | A) | The bridesmaid made last-minute
touch-ups on their makeup. |
| | B) | The bridesmaid made last-minute touch-ups on her
makeup. |
| | C) | The bridesmaids made last-minute touch-ups on her
makeup. |
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Choose the sentence that uses pronouns correctly,
avoiding problems with pronoun-antecedent agreement and/or gender bias. |
| | A) | The sports world has a new view of themselves. |
| | B) | The sports
world has a new view of themself. |
| | C) | The sports world has a new view of
itself. |
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Choose the sentence that uses pronouns correctly, avoiding problems with
pronoun-antecedent agreement and/or gender bias. |
| | A) | I saw doctors
wearing their gowns and masks. |
| | B) | I saw a doctor wearing their gown and
mask. |
| | C) | I saw doctors wearing her gowns and masks. |
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Choose the sentence that uses pronouns correctly, avoiding
problems with pronoun-antecedent agreement and/or gender bias. |
| | A) | Neither Bruce nor Ronald can lend me his car. |
| | B) | Neither
Bruce nor Ronald can lend me their car. |
| | C) | Both Bruce and Ronald are unable to
lend me his car. |
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Choose the sentence that uses pronouns correctly, avoiding problems with pronoun-
antecedent agreement and/or gender bias. |
| | A) | The police asked the
suspects where he had been during the bank robbery. |
| | B) | The police asked the
suspects where they had been during the bank robbery. |
| | C) | The police asked a
suspect where they had been during the bank robbery. |
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Choose the sentence that uses pronouns correctly, avoiding problems with pronoun-antecedent agreement and/or gender
bias. |
| | A) | Neither the players nor the coach will tell their story to
the press. |
| | B) | Neither the coach nor the players will tell his story to the
press. |
| | C) | The players and the coach won't tell their story to the
press. |
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Choose the sentence that uses pronouns correctly,
avoiding problems with pronoun-antecedent agreement and/or gender bias. |
| | A) | Neither Elizabeth nor Mary forgot to return their library books. |
| | B) | Both Elizabeth and Mary remembered to return her library books. |
| | C) | Neither Elizabeth nor Mary forgot to return her library books. |
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Choose the sentence that uses pronouns correctly, avoiding problems with pronoun-antecedent agreement and/or gender bias. |
| | A) | Each of the women has written about her family's history. |
| | B) | Each of the women has written about their family's history. |
| | C) | Several of the women have written about her family's history. |
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Choose the sentence that uses pronouns correctly, avoiding problems with pronoun-antecedent agreement and/or gender bias. |
| | A) | There are five pregnant women in this exercise class; each is in their third
trimester. |
| | B) | There are five pregnant women in this exercise class; each is in
her third trimester. |
| | C) | There are five pregnant women in this exercise class;
all are in her third trimester. |
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Choose the sentence that uses pronouns correctly, avoiding problems with pronoun-antecedent agreement and/or gender
bias. |
| | A) | All four boys had done well on the test; all had reviewed
his notes carefully. |
| | B) | All four boys had done well on the test; each had
reviewed their notes carefully. |
| | C) | All four boys had done well on the test;
each had reviewed his notes carefully. |
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