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read the sentences. rahul and ori sorted through all the video games th…

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read the sentences.

rahul and ori sorted through all the video games that were theirs. after counting it, ori realized that between them, they had all the games in the series.

which revision corrects the pronoun error in the sentence?

rahul and ori sorted through all the video games that were their. after counting it, ori realized that between them, they had all the games in the series.
rahul and ori sorted through all the video games that were theirs. after counting them, ori realized that between them, they had all the games in the series.
rahul and ori sorted through all the video games that were theirs. after counting it, ori realized that between they, they had all the games in the series.
rahul and ori sorted through all the video games that were theirs. after counting it, ori realized that between them, them had all the games in the series.

Explanation:

Identify the pronoun error in the original sentence

The original sentence contains the phrase "After counting it, Ori realized...". The pronoun "it" refers to the plural noun antecedent "video games". Since "video games" is plural, the singular pronoun "it" is incorrect and must be replaced with the plural pronoun "them".

Evaluate the given options

  • Option 1 changes "theirs" to "their", which creates a new error because a possessive pronoun is needed at the end of the clause.
  • Option 2 correctly changes "it" to "them" to agree with the plural antecedent "video games".
  • Option 3 changes "them" to "they" in "between them", which is incorrect because "between" is a preposition requiring the objective case pronoun "them".
  • Option 4 changes "they" to "them" in "they had all the games", which is incorrect because "they" is the subject of the verb "had" and must be in the subjective case.

Answer:

  • Rahul and Ori sorted through all the video games that were their. After counting it, Ori realized that between them, they had all the games in the series.
  • Rahul and Ori sorted through all the video games that were theirs. After counting them, Ori realized that between them, they had all the games in the series. (Correct answer)
  • Rahul and Ori sorted through all the video games that were theirs. After counting it, Ori realized that between they, they had all the games in the series.
  • Rahul and Ori sorted through all the video games that were theirs. After counting it, Ori realized that between them, them had all the games in the series.