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Complete the sentence below by supplying the pronoun that maintains strict pronoun-antecedent agreement in formal standard English.

Answer:The commission of inquiry, having resolved all internal disagreements among its members, released 【its】 final report to the government.

its

The word 'its' is correct because the antecedent 'commission of inquiry' acts as a single, unanimous body when issuing the report.

Identify the antecedent for the required pronoun in the sentence.

The antecedent is the collective noun phrase 'The commission of inquiry'.

The pronoun in the blank replaces or refers back to the commission that released the report.

Analyze the context to determine whether the collective noun operates as a single entity or as separate individuals.

The phrase 'having resolved all internal disagreements' shows that the commission is now acting as a single, unified body.

When a collective noun functions as a single unified unit, it requires a singular neuter pronoun.

Select the possessive pronoun that correctly agrees in number and gender with the singular collective noun.

The correct singular possessive pronoun is 'its'.

In formal standard English, singular non-human collective antecedents take 'its'.

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement with Collective Nouns

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