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the duke has written a history of _____ castle. which personal pronoun agrees with the underlined antecedent? her his their its

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Answer: The answer is "his"

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The duke has written a history of his castle.
Her cannot be correct, because then it wouldn't be a duke (he is a man), it would be a duchess (the female form of duke).
Their refers to more than one person, and here we have only one duke.
Its refers to either children or non-humans.
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