Multiple choice

Identify the sentence with the correct usage of pronouns

  1. Neither of the sailors could predict that their were going to encounter a tragic accident due to some major failure in the ship.

  2. Neither of the sailors could predict that they were going to encounter a tragic accident due to some major failure in the ship.

  3. Neither of the sailors could predict that he was going to encounter a tragic accident due to some major failure in the ship.

  4. Neither of the sailor could predict that his was going to encounter a tragic accident due to some major failure in the ship.

  5. Neither of the sailors could predict that one was going to encounter a tragic accident due to some major failure in the ship.
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Explanation

He is used to refer a person in common when the gender of the person is not known. The sailors gender is not known and so 'he' is used. Neither refers to a singular noun.

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