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Question

State whether true or false.

The sentence mentioned below is in Pronoun-Antecedent agreement.

A person must be honest when he is questioned.

A
True
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False
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Solution

The correct option is A True
A pronoun is a word which can take the place of a noun. An antecedent is a word for which a pronoun stands. In standard English, the rule is that the pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number. The correct answer is A)True as the subject, a singular noun ( a person) agrees with the singular pronoun (he).
The other option is incorrect as the given statement is not false.

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