OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
In order to be most successful in the financial marketplace, sometimes one needs to leave one's position of stability.A. In order to be most successful in the financial marketplace, sometimes one needs to leave one's position of stability
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect as it uses the Superlative form incorrectly. The correct Superlative form is the most, not just most.[/color]
B. In order to be the most successful in the financial marketplace, sometimes one needs to leave their position of stability
Although this answer choice corrects the original Superlative error by adding the word the before most successful, it is grammatically incorrect: the pronoun their refers to one but does not agree with it as one is singular and their is plural.
The pronoun one agrees with itself only.
What helps us identify this question as a Pronoun question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: Every pronoun in the underlined part of the sentence or after itC. In the financial marketplace, sometimes one needs to leave one's position of stability in order to be most successful
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect and repeats the original mistake by using the Superlative form incorrectly. The correct Superlative form is the most, not just most.D. In the financial marketplace, sometimes one needs to leave one's position of stability in order to be the most successful
This answer choice corrects the original Superlative error by adding the in the phrase the most successful.E. In order to be the most successful in the financial marketplace, sometimes one needs to leave his position of stability
Although this answer choice corrects the original Superlative error, it is grammatically incorrect. The pronoun he can refer to human male nouns, but there's no such noun in the sentence.
The pronoun one agrees with itself only.
What helps us identify this question as a Pronoun question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:
Every pronoun in the underlined part of the sentence or after it _________________