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One of the boys left their jacket in the locker room, what is the error in this sentence?

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The error in the sentence "One of the boys left their jacket in the locker room" is the use of the pronoun "their" to refer to a singular noun, "one of the boys."

To correct the sentence, you can say "One of the boys left his jacket in the locker room" or "One of the boys left his or her jacket in the locker room."

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