Read the sentence below and correct the pronoun-antecedent agreement problem. If there is no problem then choose correct. The three museums in this area that have contributed artifacts for the Egyptian mummy exhibit claim to have five hundred mummies among it. a. them b. correct

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User: Read the sentence below and correct the pronoun-antecedent agreement problem. If there is no problem then choose correct. The three museums in this area that have contributed artifacts for the Egyptian mummy exhibit claim to have five hundred mummies among it. a. them b. correct

Weegy: The three museums in this area that have contributed artifacts for the Egyptian mummy exhibit claim to have five hundred mummies among it. It should be changed to THEM as the antecedent museums is plural. The correct answer is THEM.
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If my sister or Carol arrives, ask HER to wait.

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