Question

The prince and princess will give you a tour of _____ estate. Which personal pronoun is correct if only the princess owns the estate? his her his and her their

Answer 1

"Her"

Step-by-step explanation:

A princess refers to a girl or a woman ruler, meaning that the most suitable pronoun that refers to it has to be of a female. "Her" is the pronoun that refers to the third person singular, and it used for females, thus this is the correct one.

If we chose "his" to complete the bank, it would indicate that the Prince is the one that owns the state, and to complete the bank with either "his and her" or "their" would indicate that the state belongs to both of them and not to the princess only.

Answer 2

So we know that only the princess owns the estate, not the prince, and not the both of them: so the correct answer is "her". - it is only her estate.

If it belonged to the prince, it would be "his" and if it belonged to the both of them: it would be "their"