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Difficulty: MediumPronouns and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

Supply the pronoun that correctly fills the blank in the sentence below, maintaining standard grammatical agreement.

Answer:Professor Nnamdi is one of those meticulous scholars who never compromise 【their】 ethical standards for personal fame.

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their
In the sentence construction 'one of those [plural noun] who [plural verb]', the relative pronoun 'who' takes the plural noun 'scholars' as its antecedent. Consequently, the modifying relative clause requires the plural possessive pronoun 'their' to agree in number with 'scholars'.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the relative pronoun and its true antecedent.
In the construction 'one of those scholars who...', the relative pronoun 'who' refers to the plural object of the preposition, 'scholars', not to the singular subject 'one'.
The clause 'who never compromise...' modifies the entire group of 'scholars' who share this attribute.
2
Determine the plural possessive pronoun required for agreement.
Because 'scholars' is a plural noun, the pronoun replacing or referring back to it must also be plural.
Pronouns must agree in number with their antecedent. A plural antecedent ('scholars') requires the plural possessive pronoun 'their'.

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Relative Pronoun Antecedent Agreement in 'One of those... who' Constructions
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