Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumPronoun agreement with 'everyone'
Standard English Conventions practice question
Everyone on the expedition had to carry ____ own water for the two-day crossing.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. theirCorrect
- B. its
- C. our
- D. his or hers
Answer: A. their
'Everyone' takes 'their' as a singular generic possessive in current standard usage.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. its
- 'Its' refers to things, not people.
- C. our
- 'Our' shifts to the first person, which the sentence doesn't use.
- D. his or hers
- 'His or hers' is a standalone possessive pronoun, not a determiner before 'own water'.
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