Which personal pronoun agrees with its antecedent and correctly completes the sentence?

Each of Carol's great-grandfathers served __________ military years in World War II.

A.
his

B.
their

C.
he

Question

Which personal pronoun agrees with its antecedent and correctly completes the sentence? 

Each of Carol's great-grandfathers served __________ military years in World War II.
 
 A.
his
 
 B.
their
 
 C.
he

anonymous · Answer

A

hanner_b_nanner · Answer

It would be B, because their is a personal pronoun and it is talking about more than one of her grandfathers. His would only sound right if it was referring to one.

anonymous · Answer

No, it would be A. It looks like the pronoun is grandfathers, but the real pronoun is 'each' of grandfathers.

hanner_b_nanner · Answer

oh, okay.