OG Verbal [102]

[codesnooker]

102．Although Napoleon's army entered Russia with far more supplies than they had in their previous campaigns，it had provisions for only twenty-four days．
(A)they had in their previous campaigns
(B)their previous campaigns had had
(C)they had for any previous campaign
(D)in their previous campaigns
(E)for any previous campaign

[simplyjat]

You have to match the pronoun referent number.

Army is a collective noun and when we talk about a collective noun as a whole, it is considered singular. So to refer back to army we need a singular pronoun.

[barron]

Is E the answer?

pls put answer also in future posts

[codesnooker]

OA: (E)

Thanks SimplyJat, I got my mistake, I forget to point out the relationship between they and Army.