Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others. Keeping in view the emergency conditions, each male member of the committee must submit its response in writing.

  1. must submit it's response in writing.

  2. must submit its response in writing.

  3. must submit their response in writing.

  4. must submit his response in writing.

  5. must submit her response in writing.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

(4) is grammatically the most correct option. (1) is incorrect because 'it's' is a contraction not a pronoun. (2) is incorrect because 'its' is never used with living things. (3) is incorrect because plural pronoun (their) cannot refer to an antecedent which is singular (each male member). (5) is incorrect as pronoun 'her' cannot be used with males.

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