Multiple choice

Surgeons, teachers, security guards, stores salesmen, and indeed anyone who stands on their feet for long hours can get varicose veins.

  1. anyone who stands

  2. anyone standing

  3. workers standing

  4. those for whom standing

  5. any people who stand
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E Correct answer
Explanation

The hint to the answer to this question lies in 'their' - a plural pronoun. Hence the correct option should have a plural noun as the antecedent which rules out options with 'anyone'. Out of the remaining options, only option (5) yields a grammatically correct structure. Hence (5).

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