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The cost of the El Paso tour includes admission to two museums, a play, and two other cultural attractions, but anyone wishing to cross the border should bring their passport.
A. but anyone wishing to cross the border should bring their passport
B. and everyone who wishes to cross the Mexican border should be bringing their passport
C. but anyone wishing to cross the border should bring his or her passport
D. and everyone wishing to cross the border should bring their passport
E. to such an extent that anyone who wishes to cross the border should bring his or her passport
A. but anyone wishing to cross the border should bring their passport
B. and everyone who wishes to cross the Mexican border should be bringing their passport
C. but anyone wishing to cross the border should bring his or her passport
D. and everyone wishing to cross the border should bring their passport
E. to such an extent that anyone who wishes to cross the border should bring his or her passport
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The cost of the El Paso tour includes admission to two museums, a play, and two other cultural attractions, but anyone wishing to cross the border should bring their passport.
A. but anyone wishing to cross the border should bring their passport
B. and everyone who wishes to cross the Mexican border should be bringing their passport
C. but anyone wishing to cross the border should bring his or her passport
D. and everyone wishing to cross the border should bring their passport
E. to such an extent that anyone who wishes to cross the border should bring his or her passport
The word anyone is a singular antecedent requiring singular pronouns, his or her specifically, in order to maintain rules of agreement. The sentence also includes an implied contrast between the cultural events in El Paso and potential unpaid-for events across the border. This contrast requires the conjunction but.
Answer: C
The cost of the El Paso tour includes admission to two museums, a play, and two other cultural attractions, but anyone wishing to cross the border should bring their passport.
A. but anyone wishing to cross the border should bring their passport
B. and everyone who wishes to cross the Mexican border should be bringing their passport
C. but anyone wishing to cross the border should bring his or her passport
D. and everyone wishing to cross the border should bring their passport
E. to such an extent that anyone who wishes to cross the border should bring his or her passport
The word anyone is a singular antecedent requiring singular pronouns, his or her specifically, in order to maintain rules of agreement. The sentence also includes an implied contrast between the cultural events in El Paso and potential unpaid-for events across the border. This contrast requires the conjunction but.
- Choice A The pronoun their requires a plural antecedent, not the singular anyone.
- Choice B This option is more wordy than the original, and does not correct the fundamental disagreement between anyone and their. Additionally, the conjunction and does not show the necessary contrast between El Paso events and events across the border.
- Choice C This option clarifies pronoun-antecedent agreement so that singular words his or her correctly modify singular antecedent anyone, and the conjunction but supplies appropriate contrast between parts of the sentence.
- Choice D This option is more wordy than the original and does not correct the fundamental disagreement between anyone / everyone and their.
- Choice E His or her correctly modifies the singular antecedent anyone, but this option is unnecessarily wordy.
Answer: C
