Question

The sentence has four underlined words or phrases. Choose the word or phrase that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.

Although the advisory commission on Central America has completed their report that addresses the political tensions in that area, no easing of tensions has resulted.

• A. Although
• B. their
• C. addresses
• D. easing

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

their

Let’s examine the sentence: “Although the advisory commission on Central America has completed their report that addresses the political tensions in that area, no easing of tensions has resulted.” The pronoun ‘their’ is referring to ‘commission.’ However, commission is a singular noun and so, it requires singular pronoun. Hence, ‘their’ should be replaced with ‘its.’ ‘Its’ is the possessive pronoun; it modifies a noun. Hence, the word or phrase that must be changed for the sentence to be correct is indicated by Option B. Option B is the correct answer.