Exercise: Grammar: Pronoun-antecedent agreement 1 (autoscored)

In each of the following items, choose the sentence that best revises the original to remove errors in pronoun-antecedent agreement. If the original sentence is the best choice, click on “No change.”

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With tuition on the rise, a student has to save wherever they can.

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B.
C.

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Not everyone gets along with their roommate, but they can usually manage to tolerate each other temporarily.

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B.
C.

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Congress usually resists presidential attempts to encroach on what they consider their authority.

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B.
C.

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Either Tom or Teresa will always share their opinion.

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B.
C.

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If his own knowledge is all the reader has to go by, how can he identify one source as more reliable than another?

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B.
C.

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Every house and apartment has its advantages and its drawbacks.

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B.
C.

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Neither the scouts nor their leader knew their way out of the forest.

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B.
C.

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As Brian stepped up to the plate, our team clapped their hands and yelled his name.

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C.

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Candidates attempt to generate favorable publicity about themselves.

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B.
C.

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I often turn on the fan and the light and neglect to turn it off.

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C.