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XilenceCE Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Pronoun agreement question

'Amy stood in front of the candy display, carefully considering the many options. Either gummy worms or a milk chocolate bar would satisfy her hunger with its sugar rush.'

Is its the right pronoun to use in the sentence, or should I use another one? I'm just unsure.

  

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XilenceCE ... ' Is its the right pronoun to use in the sentence, or should I use another one? It's fine.

  • XilenceCE ...
  • ' Is its the right pronoun to use in the sentence, or should I use another one?
  • It's fine.
  • Subject-verb agreement after 'either ...
  • ' is with the subject closest to the verb, so any other references later in the sentence should agree in the same way.
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XilenceCE

... Either gummy worms or a milk chocolate bar would satisfy her hunger with its sugar rush.'

Is its the right pronoun to use in the sentence, or should I use another one? ...

It's fine. Subject-verb agreement after 'either ... or ...' is with the subject closest to the verb, so any other references later in the sentence

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