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Question

Find the grammatically incorrect part of a sentence, if any.
[A] Collecting money for the new school
[B] may not be very easy
[C] but if everyone does their best
[D] we can still reach the target.

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C
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D
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Solution

The correct option is C C
'Everyone' is an indefinite pronoun (pronouns that do not refer to any specific or particular person) which is grammatically singular. When sex is indefinite about the Singular Indefinite Pronouns, the pronoun in the masculine gender is used. Here, it will be "...but if everyone does his best..."

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