One result of the family's long ordeal at sea was their appreciation that as a person dehydrates, their minds tend to wander. their appreciation that as a person dehydrates, their their appreciation that as people dehydrate, their to appreciate that when a person dehydrates, his or her to appreciate that when people dehydrate, their appreciating that as people dehydrate, their

I'm sorry but after reviewing the question I have to cancel my interpretation - I think this question is not a good material for practice. It seems really poorly written. What source does it come from?

Kasia@MasterGMAT wrote:A, D - incorrect use of the singular "person" together with plural pronoun "their." B - correct C - incorrect use of the base form of the verb "to appreciate." E - incorrect, if there exists a relevant noun, it is preferred in the GMAT over -ing form How can you validate the first use of their in choice B.

Can someone use of "their" in explain option B, their appreciation that as people dehydrate, their

Can someone explain the use of "their" in option B, their appreciation that as people dehydrate, their

Hi imskpwr, Could you please post the source of this question. Also what is the OA of the question. Thanks

its a possessive pronoun case and i will go with "B"

imskpwr wrote:Can someone use of "their" in explain option B, their appreciation that as people dehydrate, their The bold-faced 'their' lacks antecedent. (family is singular, hence their can't apply to family's). The second 'their' applies to people.

vk_vinayak wrote:imskpwr wrote:Can someone use of "their" in explain option B, their appreciation that as people dehydrate, their The bold-faced 'their' lacks antecedent. (family is singular, hence their can't apply to family's). The second 'their' applies to people. Exactly, this is the reason of rejecting choice A and B. Now how can anyone OverRule this basic thing. Is there anything I am lacking here?

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