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Standard English Conventions practice question

Each of the lighthouses on the coast has ____ own pattern of flashes so that ships can tell them apart.

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

  1. A. itsCorrect
  2. B. their
  3. C. it's
  4. D. there

Answer: A. its

"Each" is singular, so the possessive is "its".

Why the other answers are wrong

B. their
Plural, drawn to "lighthouses".
C. it's
"it's" means "it is".
D. there
Not a possessive.

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