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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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