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This fall two out of five households in the United States will harvest some of their own food from a vegetable garden in backyards and city lots.
(A) their own food from a vegetable garden in backyards and city lots
(B) its own food from a vegetable garden in backyards and city lots
(C) their own food from vegetable gardens in a backyard or a city lot
(D) their own food from vegetable gardens in backyards or city lots
(E) its own food from a vegetable garden in a backyard or a city lot
(A) their own food from a vegetable garden in backyards and city lots
(B) its own food from a vegetable garden in backyards and city lots
(C) their own food from vegetable gardens in a backyard or a city lot
(D) their own food from vegetable gardens in backyards or city lots
(E) its own food from a vegetable garden in a backyard or a city lot
PrashantPonde
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20 Dec 2012, 00:17
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The right answer should be D. Here is why:-
As the sentences talks about two out of five households, the related pronouns used should be plural. Hence use your 3/2 technique to cross of answer choices with 'its' and shortlist down to 3 with 'their'.
(A) their own food from a vegetable garden in backyards and city lots
-- This choice does meaning error with 'a vegetable garden'. It can mean - there is One vegetable garden simultaneously present in multiple backyards.
(B) its own food from a vegetable garden in backyards and city lots
-- Pronoun error with 'its'. Also does meaning error with 'a vegetable garden' as explained in choice A
(C) their own food from vegetable gardens in a backyard or a city lot
-- Meaning error. It nonsensically means that 2 out of 5 households will harvest from multiple gardens found in One backyard.
(D) their own food from vegetable gardens in backyards or city lots
-- This is correct. No pronoun or meaning error as found in other choices.
(E) its own food from a vegetable garden in a backyard or a city lot
-- Meaning error. It nonsensically means that 2 out of 5 households will harvest in one garden in one backyard or one city lot. The intended meaning requires multiple backyards/lots.
As the sentences talks about two out of five households, the related pronouns used should be plural. Hence use your 3/2 technique to cross of answer choices with 'its' and shortlist down to 3 with 'their'.
(A) their own food from a vegetable garden in backyards and city lots
-- This choice does meaning error with 'a vegetable garden'. It can mean - there is One vegetable garden simultaneously present in multiple backyards.
(B) its own food from a vegetable garden in backyards and city lots
-- Pronoun error with 'its'. Also does meaning error with 'a vegetable garden' as explained in choice A
(C) their own food from vegetable gardens in a backyard or a city lot
-- Meaning error. It nonsensically means that 2 out of 5 households will harvest from multiple gardens found in One backyard.
(D) their own food from vegetable gardens in backyards or city lots
-- This is correct. No pronoun or meaning error as found in other choices.
(E) its own food from a vegetable garden in a backyard or a city lot
-- Meaning error. It nonsensically means that 2 out of 5 households will harvest in one garden in one backyard or one city lot. The intended meaning requires multiple backyards/lots.
General Discussion
17 Jan 2005, 22:19
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I will pick A.
Not sure on this but I dont think "it" is the correct pronoun for households.
Not sure on this but I dont think "it" is the correct pronoun for households.
