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Zorluk: OrtaPronouns and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun to complete the sentence according to standard formal English rules.

Cevap:Neither the managing director nor the auditors submitted 【their】 final reports before the financial review deadline.

Cevap

their
When compound antecedents are joined by 'neither... nor', the pronoun must agree in number with the antecedent closer to it. Since 'the auditors' is plural and closest to the blank, the plural possessive pronoun 'their' is required.

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1
Identify the compound antecedent and the connecting conjunctions.
The subjects are 'the managing director' (singular) and 'the auditors' (plural), joined by 'neither... nor'.
Correlative conjunctions require applying the proximity rule for pronoun agreement.
2
Determine which antecedent is closer to the pronoun position.
'the auditors' is closest to the blank position.
When subjects of different numbers are connected by 'neither... nor', the pronoun must agree with the nearer antecedent.
3
Select the possessive pronoun matching the plural noun 'auditors'.
The plural possessive pronoun 'their' correctly completes the sentence.
'auditors' is plural, so it requires the plural possessive form.

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Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement with Correlative Conjunctions (Proximity Rule)
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Pronouns and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

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