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Zorluk: Çok zorPronouns and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

Which pronoun correctly fills the blank to ensure standard pronoun-antecedent agreement in the sentence below?

Cevap:Many a seasoned negotiator who attended the summit failed to realize the full impact of 【his】 compromise.

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The correct pronoun to fill the blank is 'his', 'her', or 'his or her'.
The expression 'many a' is followed by a singular countable noun ('negotiator') and functions grammatically as a singular antecedent. Consequently, formal pronoun-antecedent agreement requires a singular possessive pronoun ('his', 'her', or 'his or her') to refer back to it.

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1
Identify the primary noun phrase serving as the antecedent.
The antecedent is 'Many a seasoned negotiator'.
The distributive determiner phrase 'many a' takes a grammatically singular noun ('negotiator') and requires singular agreement throughout the sentence.
2
Determine the correct grammatical number for the possessive pronoun.
Because 'many a negotiator' is grammatically singular, the possessive pronoun referring back to it must also be singular ('his', 'her', or 'his or her').
Using a plural pronoun like 'their' violates formal agreement rules despite the plural sense implied by 'many'.

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