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by sumanr84 » Thu May 20, 2010 4:10 am
The Confederate general Stonewall Jackson led a feared army that idolized him; they all mourned his ironic death from "friendly fire."
a. him; they all mourned his
b. him; they mourned his
c. him; it mourned his
d. him; it mourned their
e. him, it mourned his

[spoiler]Quite easy to spot the error at first shot. But my doubt is, shouldn't we use plural noun referring to each member of the entire army here instead of using Singular pronoun for Army. THEY looks more better here instead of IT, what say ?
OA : C
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by money9111 » Thu May 20, 2010 5:28 am
I choose C... Army is a collective noun which is singular.
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by frank1 » Thu May 20, 2010 5:59 am
i did the same.... ...i have read army is singular....so it and those two are independent sentences so can use ;
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