Question

Which sentence has an incorrect shift in pronoun-antecedent agreement? A) Eleanor and Emma showed us her new dresses. B) The computers need to reboot their hard drives. C) The boys were kicking their soccer ball through the field. D) Scary stories are usually known for their unexpected endings.

Answer 1

Answer is A, because the subject of the sentence, "Eleanor and Emma" is plural and should be matched with a plural pronoun--"their" instead of "her." The sentence should read, "Eleanor and Emma showed us their new dresses."

Answer 2

Answer: A) Eleanor and Emma showed us her new dresses.

Pronoun-antecedent agreement refers to the rule that a pronoun must match its antecedent (the word it is referring to) in gender and number. In the case of sentence A, this is not being respected. The subject of the sentence is plural "Eleanor and Emma." However, the pronoun is written in a singular form ("her").