Multiple choice

Directions: The following question presents a sentence, part of which or all 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.

Government policies should ensure that network owners charge nondiscriminatory prices to any client who wants to use their home network to distribute information.

  1. who wants to use their home network to distribute information

  2. who wants to be using his home network to distribute information

  3. who wants to use his home network to distribute information

  4. which wants to use his home network to distribute information

  5. which wants to use their home network to distribute information

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The best answer is (3). The pronoun there is inappropriate because it refers to the singular noun phrase: any client, and must be replaced by his.