SAT® · Reading and Writing: Form, Structure, and Sense — Agreement
Collective and Indefinite Antecedents
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- How it worksHow does a collective antecedent force the pronouns 'it' and 'its' rather than 'they' and 'their'?
- Common mistakeWhy doesn't 'everybody' get followed by 'they' on a test that treats it as strictly singular?
- Worked exampleWalk me through repairing 'Neither of the authors would admit that they had missed the deadline'.
- Going furtherWhat changes when one clause says 'the company' and the very next clause says 'the employees'?
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'The jury deliberated for 29 hours before reaching ___ verdict.' Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?End of topic.