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Zorluk: OrtaPronouns and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

Supply the appropriate possessive pronoun to complete the sentence below while maintaining correct pronoun-antecedent agreement.

Cevap:The faculty council, functioning as a single administrative body, has published 【its】 revised policy guidelines for the upcoming academic session.

Cevap

The correct pronoun to complete the sentence is 'its'.
The possessive pronoun 'its' correctly agrees with the collective noun antecedent 'faculty council'. Because the clause specifies that the council is functioning as a single administrative body and takes the singular verb 'has published', it requires a singular neuter possessive pronoun.

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1
Identify the antecedent of the missing pronoun.
The antecedent is the noun phrase 'The faculty council'.
The pronoun in the blank modifies 'revised policy guidelines' and refers back to the entity that published them.
2
Determine the grammatical number and nature of the antecedent.
The antecedent 'faculty council' is a collective noun functioning as a single unified unit.
The sentence explicitly notes that it is 'functioning as a single administrative body' and uses the singular verb 'has published'.
3
Select the possessive pronoun that agrees in number and person with the singular collective antecedent.
The third-person singular possessive pronoun 'its' is required.
A collective noun acting as a single unit takes a singular neuter possessive pronoun ('its').

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Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement with Collective Nouns
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Pronouns and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

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