Question

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Which sentence has an incorrect shift in pronoun-antecedent agreement?
A) No one in the crowd had noticed the pickpocket stealing their wallet.
B) All of the crows were cawing ferociously at the invader on their land.
C) When Keegan and Cole won the lottery, they immediately quit their jobs.
D) Each of the string of lights has a different size fuse for its voltage.

Answer 1

The sentence with incorrect pronoun-antecedent agreement is A) No one in the crowd had noticed the pickpocket stealing their wallet, as 'their' is plural and 'no one' is singular.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence with an incorrect shift in pronoun-antecedent agreement is A) No one in the crowd had noticed the pickpocket stealing their wallet. The pronoun 'their' is plural, while its antecedent 'no one' is singular. The pronoun should agree in number with its antecedent, which means that 'their' should be 'his or her' to make it singular.

Answer 2

Answer: A) No one in the crowd had noticed the pickpocket stealing their wallet.

Explanation: In this sentence, the pronoun "their" does not agree with its antecedent "No one." The pronoun "their" is plural, while the antecedent "No one" is singular. A singular antecedent should be paired with a singular pronoun, so it should be "his or her wallet" instead.