Homework Help: english1

Posted by pam on Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 7:01pm.

Identify the sentence with correct pronoun-antecedent agreement.
a)Neither of the boys submitted his essay on time.
b)Neither of the boys submitted their essay on time.

I think it is b but i am not sure.

english1 - Ms. Sue, Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 7:05pm
This time you're wrong.

Since the antecedent, "neither," is singular, you need a singular pronoun to refer to it.
english1 - angelina, Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 11:13am
The correct answer is A
english1 - E, Friday, April 19, 2013 at 12:03pm
Ignore the others it is b you are right. I am an english teacher so I think I should know.

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