English-2
Grade-4
Easy
Question
Neither Mark nor Tom will have difficulty collecting details for __________ report.
- Their
- His
- None of the above
Hint:
Pronouns should agree in number, person and gender with their antecedents. If the antecedent is singular, the pronoun should be singular. If the antecedent is plural, the pronoun should be plural.
The correct answer is: His
The noun or noun substitute that a pronoun refers to is called its antecedent. Singular antecedents joined by or, either.... or, or neither ..... nor require singular pronouns. 'Neither Mark nor Tom will have difficulty collecting details for his report', here indicated individually male (Mark and Tom) that is why requires singular pronoun 'his'.
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