V03-08

Official Solution:


The New York basketball team announced that, beginning next month, they plan to include additional coaches for their training in order to win the upcoming championship.


A. they plan to include additional coaches for their training
B. they are planning to include additional coaches for their training
C. it plans to include additional coaches for its training
D. they plan additional coaches for their training
E. it plans to include additional coaches for their training


A. The subject of the sentence is “New York basketball team", which is collective noun, hence singular. However, in the underlined portion, the team is incorrectly replaced by the plural pronouns "they" and "their."

B. This choice incorrectly uses the plural pronouns "they" and "their."

C. CORRECT. This choice correctly uses "it" and "its" to refer to "New York Basketball team."

D. This choice incorrectly uses the plural pronouns "they" and "their."

E. This choice incorrectly uses the plural pronoun "their" though it does correctly use the singular pronoun "it."


Answer: C