Standard English ConventionsVery hardPronoun agreement with a collective referent
Standard English Conventions practice question
The jury, after deliberating for three days, delivered ____ verdict on Friday morning.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. itsCorrect
- B. their
- C. it's
- D. there
Answer: A. its
"jury" acting as a single body takes the singular "its".
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. their
- Plural; the jury acts as one unit here.
- C. it's
- "it's" means "it is".
- D. there
- "there" is not a possessive.
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