aarkay87 wrote:
1) Many community reply in the post suggests that option A, B & C are eliminated as use of "its" for plural subject, but its can also refer to "tea" in the first clause or "camellia sinensis" in the same clause.
Hi
aarkay87, in a clause, when a pronoun appears as part of introductory modifier, the pronoun refers to the noun immediately after the introductory modifier.
Here, the clause is:
in addition to its possibilities for preventing and inhibiting some forms of cancer, the brewed leaves of Camellia sinensis may also....We have the following introductory modifier here:
in addition to its possibilities for preventing and inhibiting some forms of cancer.
So, the pronoun
its will refer to
the brewed leaves, the noun immediately after the introductory modifier. However, the issue is that
its is singular, while
brewed leaves is plural.
p.s. Our book
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Pronouns in Introductory modifiers. Have attached the corresponding section of the book, for your reference.
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