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Standard English ConventionsVery hardPronoun referring to the documents

Standard English Conventions practice question

The documents, along with the map that accompanies ____, are kept in a locked case.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. A. themCorrect
  2. B. it
  3. C. they
  4. D. those

Answer: A. them

The map accompanies the documents, plural, so the pronoun is them.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. it
Singular; the map does not accompany itself.
C. they
A subject form where an object is needed.
D. those
Those has no clear referent.

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