Question

read the paragraph.
1 studies have shown that kids who eat healthy food have more energy. 2 when students are more energized,
they get better grades. 3 still, half the lincoln high students eat pizza at its lunchtime. 4 the school plans to
start offering healthier options like salads and fruit as an alternative.
which sentence contains a pronoun - antecedent error?
sentence 4
sentence 3
sentence 2
sentence 1

Explanation:

In sentence 3, "half the Lincoln High students" is plural, but "its" is a singular possessive pronoun. The antecedent is "Lincoln High", which is a school (singular), but the context is about students (plural). The correct pronoun should be "their" (plural) to match "students".

Answer:

sentence 3