Every person who believes in principles must stand up to fight for their convictions.
- (a)Every person who believes in principles
- (b)must stand up to fight
- (c)for their convictions.
- (d)No error
Correct — C, 'for their convictions.' 'Every person' is grammatically singular, so the matching possessive in the formal usage tested here is the singular 'his' — 'his convictions' — not the plural 'their'. The plural pronoun clashes with the singular 'every person', so segment (c) carries the error.
- (a)Every person who believes in principles — Error-free — a correctly formed singular subject with its relative clause; the agreement problem surfaces only later.
- (b)must stand up to fight — Error-free — the modal-plus-infinitive 'must stand up to fight' is correctly constructed.
- (d)No error — There is an error — the plural 'their' does not agree with the singular 'every person' in the usage tested here — so 'No error' is not the answer.
This is an error-spotting item on pronoun agreement — words like 'every person' are treated as singular in formal grammar and take a singular possessive ('his'), not 'their'.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Spot the error: (a) Each of the boys / (b) must bring / (c) their own equipment. / (d) No error
- (a)Each of the boys
- (b)must bring
- (c)their own equipment.
- (d)No error
Answer(c) their own equipment — 'each' is singular, so formal usage needs 'his own equipment'.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the correct option: Everybody is expected to complete ___ assignment on time.
- (a)their
- (b)his
- (c)them
- (d)they
Answer(b) his — 'everybody' is grammatically singular, taking the singular possessive in formal usage.