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Which of the following sentences contains a problem with pronoun agreement?

A: When somebody tells you they will help you, you should believe them.
B: The guide dogs help their owners to navigate in familiar and unfamiliar places.
C: Each volunteer has his or her personal motivations for helping others.
D: Kelly uses her tablet to help her communicate with people in the community.

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A: When somebody tells you they will help you, you should believe them.

"Somebody" is singular, "they" and "them" are plural.
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The answer to your question would be that the sentence that contains a problem with pronoun agreement is the following one: When somebody tells you they will help you, you should believe them. That is, your answer would be A.

"Somebody" is singular and then "they" is plural. This sentence is an example of the use of "singular they". Singular they is the use of "they" and any of its derivative forms (them, their, theirs, and themselves) as a singular pronoun. It typically occurs with an unspecified antecedent, just as the sentence in question (somebody).

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