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Zorluk: KolayPronoun-Antecedent Agreement

A modern technology company has recently launched a new product. To complete the sentence with grammatically correct pronoun-antecedent agreement, which pronoun should you write in the blank?

Cevap:The newly formed tech company, despite facing several setbacks in the first quarter, successfully released 【its】 first software update to the public.

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its
The possessive pronoun 'its' correctly agrees in number with the singular antecedent 'company'.

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1
Identify the antecedent of the missing pronoun.
The antecedent is 'company'.
The pronoun refers back to the entity that released the software update, which is 'the newly formed tech company'.
2
Determine the grammatical number and person of the antecedent.
The noun 'company' is singular and third-person.
A single corporate entity acts as a singular unit in standard written English.
3
Choose the possessive pronoun that matches these properties.
The correct pronoun is 'its'.
The pronoun must be singular, third-person, and possessive to show ownership of the 'first software update'.

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