179k views
12 votes
Will mark as bainlist

Which is the best correction for the inappropriate shift in pronoun in this passage?

The players were all exhausted after their parade. Celebrating tires him out as much as playing.

A. Change "hi" to "them."
B. Change "their" to "our."
C. Change "their" to "one."
D. Change "you" to "her."

User Hostnik
by
3.6k points

1 Answer

10 votes

Answer:

A. Change "him" to "them."

Step-by-step explanation:

It makes more sense to say, "Celebrating tires them out as much as playing," because it wasn't just him that celebrating caused to be tiring, it was all of them. So it would make more sense to say "them."

User DJ Poland
by
4.1k points