Question

read the sentence.

nikita would like to know which car belongs to yosef and taiga.

which sentence revision correctly uses a possessive pronoun?

• nikita would like to know which car is theirs.
• nikita would like to know which is him or her car.
• nikita would like to know which car belongs to them.
• nikita would like to know which car belongs to he or she.

Explanation:

Analyze the original sentence

The original sentence is: "Nikita would like to know which car belongs to Yosef and Taiga." The phrase "belongs to Yosef and Taiga" indicates joint ownership by two people (third-person plural). To replace this phrase with a pronoun, we need a pronoun that shows possession for a plural group.

Identify the pronoun types

We must evaluate the pronouns used in each option to find a possessive pronoun:

• "theirs" is a third-person plural possessive pronoun.
• "him or her" consists of third-person singular object pronouns.
• "them" is a third-person plural object pronoun.
• "he or she" consists of third-person singular subject pronouns.

Evaluate the options

Using Pronoun Case rules, we analyze how each pronoun functions in the sentence:

• Option 1: "Nikita would like to know which car is theirs." Here, "theirs" is a possessive pronoun that correctly replaces "belongs to Yosef and Taiga."
• Option 2: "Nikita would like to know which is him or her car." This is grammatically incorrect; "him" and "her" are object pronouns, not possessive determiners (which would be "his or her").
• Option 3: "Nikita would like to know which car belongs to them." While grammatically correct, "them" is an object pronoun, not a possessive pronoun.
• Option 4: "Nikita would like to know which car belongs to he or she." This is grammatically incorrect because "he" and "she" are subject pronouns used after the preposition "to."

Select the correct revision

The only revision that correctly uses a possessive pronoun to show ownership is the first option, which uses "theirs."

Answer:

• (A) Nikita would like to know which car is theirs. (Correct answer)
• (B) Nikita would like to know which is him or her car.
• (C) Nikita would like to know which car belongs to them.
• (D) Nikita would like to know which car belongs to he or she.