bigfernhead wrote:
The players' helmets need to be repainted so that they will be ready to be used at
practice on Sunday.According to
MGMAT SC Guide:
1.
Possessive pronouns can refer back to possessive nouns.2.
Subject and object pronouns may only refer back to subject and object nounsIn this example,
they (subject pronoun) is referring back to Player's helmets (possesive), therefore, violating the rule above.
If I had to rewrite it, it would be as such:
The players' helmets need to be repainted so their helmets will be ready to be used at practice on Sunday.Is this correct?
The original sentence is absolutely correct: The players'
helmets need to be repainted so that
they will be ready to be used at practice on Sunday -->
players' here is a possessive Noun and can't be referred by
they(because
they is a Pronoun), but be referred by a Possessive Pronoun. Here,
they will refer back to
helmets because
helmets is the main Noun
Your re-written sentence is also correct:
The players' helmets need to be repainted so
their helmets will be ready to be used at practice on Sunday -->
their - possessive pronoun will refer back to
the players' - possessive Noun