Which personal pronoun agrees with the antecedent in this sentence?

Has neither owner trained __________ dog to fetch objects yet?

A.
him or her

B.
his or her

C.
their

Question

Which personal pronoun agrees with the antecedent in this sentence? 


Has neither owner trained __________ dog to fetch objects yet?
 
 A.
him or her
 
 B.
his or her
 
 C.
their

anonymous · Answer

Their. This one could be tricky in that his or her could be correct. However, the reason it is NOT B is because we don't know if the two people are male and female. So again, your answer is their(C)

anonymous · Answer

That would be B. try fitting in his/her in the sentence.

anonymous · Answer

It might be B because his or her would apply to both. I am not sure what this rule is called, but when you ask questions like this I believe you do give the option His or Her (object, pet, ect.).

anonymous · Answer

Its B

anonymous · Answer

It's not B (him dog) doesn't fit. It would be his dog. So B. 

Yes @ChelseaLee that's what I was trying to say but couldn't think of

anonymous · Answer

But we aren't given the genders of the owners

anonymous · Answer

Unless his/her is used as an extremely vague term, which means shame on the english language

anonymous · Answer

Maybe you're right, @Zedditup. (Their) does make sense in the sentence so yeah..