Pronoun Agreement and Reference Answers

intensivesubjective✔ reflexiveobjective

Which sentence contains a subject-verb agreement error?sentence 1X sentence 2✔ sentence 3sentence 4sentence 5

His home

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of his [___] newpaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find themselves [___] the subject of one of his [___] columns. However, he [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of his [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it myself [___]!” At the age of 71, he [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa’s army as it [___] waged revolution across Mexico.

What is the cause of both agreement errors?

✔ hisyour

✔ possessivesubjective

What is the cause of both agreement errors?X gendernumberperson

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of his [___] newpaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find themselves [___] the subject of one of his [___] columns. However, he [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of his [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it myself [___]!” At the age of 71, he [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa’s army as it [___] waged revolution across Mexico.

they✔ he

✔ subjectivepossessive

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of his [___] newpaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find themselves [___] the subject of one of his [___] columns. However, he [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of his [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it myself [___]!” At the age of 71, he [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa’s army as it [___] waged revolution across Mexico.

your✔ his

✔ possessivereflexive

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of his [___] newpaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find themselves [___] the subject of one of his [___] columns. However, he [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of his [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it myself [___]!” At the age of 71, he [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa’s army as it [___] waged revolution across Mexico.

✔ myselfhimself

✔ intensivereflexive

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist. Many of his [___] newpaper columns focused on corruption, fraud, and people Bierce didn’t like. Bierce had a biting wit, so people did not want to find themselves [___] the subject of one of his [___] columns. However, he [___] also had a very serious side to his writing. In fact, Bierce was disappointed with the war reporting of his [___] day, so he basically said, “I will do it myself [___]!” At the age of 71, he [___] rode alongside Pancho Villa’s army as it [___] waged revolution across Mexico.

she✔ he

✔ subjectivepossessive