Choose the answer that is correct and clearly expressed in Standard English.
The team celebrated ______ victory with a parade.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. its
- Step 1: Identify the collective noun: team is treated as a singular entity in American English.
- Step 2: Select the singular possessive pronoun: its.
Answer
its.
Why not the others: It's is a contraction for it is, while their's is non-standard English with an erroneous apostrophe.
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