Question : Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Every soldier and every officer was in their place.
Option 1: Every soldier
Option 2: and every officer
Option 3: their place
Option 4: was in
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Correct Answer: their place
Solution : The correct choice is the third option .
Their refers to multiple people, whereas indefinite words such as each , every , and any have singular meanings. Thus, their should be replaced with his .
Therefore, the correct sentence is: Every soldier and every officer was in his place.
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