Pronoun-antecedent agreement 2

Click on the better sentence, the one that does not have any problem of pronoun-antecedent agreement.

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◯ An American family is likely to have at least two cars in their garage.
◯ American families are likely to have at least two cars in their garages.
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◯ Americans seem to be in love with their cars.
◯ Everyone in America seems to be in love with their cars.
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◯ The gas crisis of the early 1970s made every American driver aware of the gas mileage on their vehicles.
◯ The gas crisis of the early 1970s made all American drivers aware of the gas mileage on their vehicles.
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◯ A consumer in the 1970s expected a new car to burn fuel efficiently.
◯ A consumer in the 1970s expected their new car to burn fuel efficiently.
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◯ In the 1980s and 1990s, no one in this country was horrified by the prices they saw at gas stations.
◯ In the 1980s and 1990s, no one in this country was horrified by the prices at gas stations.
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◯ Every automobile manufacturer in the 1990s was making their biggest profits on giant sport utility vehicles with very poor gas mileage.
◯ Every automobile manufacturer in the 1990s was making its biggest profits on giant sport utility vehicles with very poor gas mileage.
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◯ When a bill requiring SUVs to get the same gas mileage as cars came before the US Senate, it rejected the proposal.
◯ When a bill requiring SUVs to get the same gas mileage as cars came before the US Senate, they rejected the proposal.
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◯ According to the Sierra Club, someone who spends a year driving an SUV instead of a car wastes more energy than if they had left their refrigerator door open for six years.
◯ According to the Sierra Club, driving an SUV instead of a car wastes more energy than leaving a refrigerator door open for six years.
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◯ Rather than expecting their cars to be fuel-efficient, Americans today are more likely to expect the government to subsidize the price of gasoline.
◯ Rather than expecting their cars to be fuel-efficient, an American today is more likely to expect the government to subsidize the price of gasoline.
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◯ Compared to a European or Japanese driver, an American driver today is still paying bargain prices for their gas.
◯ Compared to a European or Japanese driver, an American driver today is still paying bargain prices for gas.
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