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Zorluk: OrtaPronoun-Antecedent Agreement

Neither of the two prototype drones has their navigation system fully calibrated for night flights.

Which of the following options is the correct replacement for the underlined portion of the sentence?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. itsCevap
  3. C
    it's
  4. D
    they're

Cevap

The correct pronoun to replace the underlined portion is the singular possessive pronoun 'its' because it agrees in number with the singular indefinite pronoun antecedent 'neither'.
The indefinite pronoun 'neither' is singular and requires a singular possessive pronoun to agree with it. Since the drones are inanimate objects, the singular possessive pronoun 'its' is correct.

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1
Identify the antecedent of the pronoun in the sentence.
The pronoun refers back to the subject 'Neither'.
Determining the true antecedent is necessary to ensure agreement in number.
2
Determine if the antecedent is singular or plural.
The indefinite pronoun 'neither' is grammatically singular, even though it is followed by the plural prepositional phrase 'of the two prototype drones'.
Intervening prepositional phrases do not change the number of the subject/antecedent.
3
Select the correct singular possessive pronoun for an inanimate object.
The singular possessive pronoun 'its' is the correct form, whereas 'it's' is a contraction and 'their' is plural.
This maintains pronoun-antecedent agreement while using the correct word form.

Anahtar Kavram

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns
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Konular

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

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