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It was fine there because there was no other noun than Elizabeth that could replace her. However, here are a few options available i.e. Dumbledore, Harry Potter and Voldemort. I think it should be ambiguous.

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are you sure about the OA?

A) Dumbledore and Harry Potter learn more about Voldemort's past and his rise to power, and Harry stumbles upon an old potions textbook that belonged to a person called the Half-Blood Prince Incorrect as use of pronoun his is incorrect for Voldemort's because it is a possessive noun

B)Dumbledore along with Harry Potter learn more about Voldemort's past and Voldemort’s rise to power, and Harry stumbles upon an old potions textbook that belonged to a person called as the Half-Blood Prince Incorrect as Dumbledore is a singular noun therefore learn should be replaced with learns

C) Dumbledore along with Harry Potter learns more about Voldemort's past and Voldemort’s rise to power, and Harry stumbles upon an old potions textbook that belonged to a person being called as the Half-Blood Prince Being is problematic here as the person is not right now being called as Half-Blood Price

D) Dumbledore involves Harry Potter and learns more about Voldemort's past and his rise to power, and Harry stumbles upon an old potions textbook that belonged to a person, namely, the Half-Blood Prince Incorrect as use of pronoun his is incorrect for Voldemort's because it is a possessive noun

E) Dumbledore involves Harry Potter, learns more about Voldemort's past and his rise to power, and Harry stumbles upon an old potions textbook that belonged to a person named the Half-Blood PrinceIncorrect as use of pronoun his is incorrect for Voldemort's because it is a possessive noun

Hi wadhwakaran,

In order to clear your doubt you can follow the discussion mentioned in the link below.

IT is an official question and in the right answer choice, a pronoun is referring back to a possessive pronoun. It turns out that GMAT is completely fine with that.

https://gmatclub.com/forum/although-she ... l#p1666789

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It was fine there because there was no other noun than Elizabeth that could replace her. However, here are a few options available i.e. Dumbledore, Harry Potter and Voldemort. I think it should be ambiguous.

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are you sure about the OA?

A) Dumbledore and Harry Potter learn more about Voldemort's past and his rise to power, and Harry stumbles upon an old potions textbook that belonged to a person called the Half-Blood Prince Incorrect as use of pronoun his is incorrect for Voldemort's because it is a possessive noun

B)Dumbledore along with Harry Potter learn more about Voldemort's past and Voldemort’s rise to power, and Harry stumbles upon an old potions textbook that belonged to a person called as the Half-Blood Prince Incorrect as Dumbledore is a singular noun therefore learn should be replaced with learns

C) Dumbledore along with Harry Potter learns more about Voldemort's past and Voldemort’s rise to power, and Harry stumbles upon an old potions textbook that belonged to a person being called as the Half-Blood Prince Being is problematic here as the person is not right now being called as Half-Blood Price

D) Dumbledore involves Harry Potter and learns more about Voldemort's past and his rise to power, and Harry stumbles upon an old potions textbook that belonged to a person, namely, the Half-Blood Prince Incorrect as use of pronoun his is incorrect for Voldemort's because it is a possessive noun

E) Dumbledore involves Harry Potter, learns more about Voldemort's past and his rise to power, and Harry stumbles upon an old potions textbook that belonged to a person named the Half-Blood PrinceIncorrect as use of pronoun his is incorrect for Voldemort's because it is a possessive noun

Hi wadhwakaran,

In order to clear your doubt you can follow the discussion mentioned in the link below.

IT is an official question and in the right answer choice, a pronoun is referring back to a possessive pronoun. It turns out that GMAT is completely fine with that.

https://gmatclub.com/forum/although-she ... l#p1666789

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I read somewhere that in Subject Pronoun Agreement, the pronoun belongs the subject closest to it. I will look into it. For the time being, I am editing the question.
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