Question

State whether true or false.

The below-mentioned sentence is in Pronoun-Antecedent agreement.

He promised to help every one of the village boys in their employment.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

A Pronoun is a word or phrase used in place of a noun. The pronouns ending with '-body' or '-one' such as everybody, anyone, anybody, etc are singular. Thereby, the possessive pronouns referring to these pronouns should be singular as well. 'Their' is a plural possessive pronoun and needs to be replaced by a singular possessive pronoun while referring to 'everyone'. Thereby, Option B is correct. This statement is incorrect and 'their' should be replaced with 'his'. So, the sentence will read: He promised to help everyone of the village boys in his employment.