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The following questions are from concept testing modules of a test prep company. Have a few queries and seeking clarifications-
1. Given- With the government running an almost $2 trillion deficit, everyone should have his or her taxes cut.
My query- Shouldn't 'his or her' be 'their' instead?
Everyone -> plural -> hence 'their'
2. A few students struggled on the test but they scored well.
This had multi-select answers and the 2 available options were 'they' and 'he'.
Can 'A few students struggled on the test but he scored well.' be correct?
I understand that the antecedent for 'he' is not present in the sentence but don't we write such sentences in prose? I just wanted to know if this is correct from GMAT PoV and what I should keep in mind for the exam wrt presence of the antecedent in the sentence.
KarishmaB bb DmitryFarber looking forward to your guidance.
TIA!
1. Given- With the government running an almost $2 trillion deficit, everyone should have his or her taxes cut.
My query- Shouldn't 'his or her' be 'their' instead?
Everyone -> plural -> hence 'their'
2. A few students struggled on the test but they scored well.
This had multi-select answers and the 2 available options were 'they' and 'he'.
Can 'A few students struggled on the test but he scored well.' be correct?
I understand that the antecedent for 'he' is not present in the sentence but don't we write such sentences in prose? I just wanted to know if this is correct from GMAT PoV and what I should keep in mind for the exam wrt presence of the antecedent in the sentence.
KarishmaB bb DmitryFarber looking forward to your guidance.
TIA!
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29 Jun 2023, 01:19
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Hi RenB
While the experts tagged in this post share their responses, sharing my two cents
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The word everyone here represents each individual. Hence, everyone is always considered singular and not plural.
Therefore the correct usage is
Everyone should have his or her taxes cut.
Note: The usage of 'their' as a gender-neutral pronoun is valid in this context. However, that concept is not likely to be tested in GMAT.
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"Everyone" takes singular because it means "Every one" or "Each one" so we are talking about one - one person.
Though we do use 'they/their' for singular too to accommodate diversity so GMAT will not test you on this.
GMAT sentences are stand alone sentences and pronouns in them cannot refer to nouns outside the sentence. We can use 'he' in the sentence in case we have mentioned this boy before in our speech and from context we can figure that 'he' refers to that boy. But since we get a single sentence in GMAT, the antecedent needs to be in the same sentence. Hence the pronoun must refer to 'a few students.'
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