Question 179
Choose the grammatically correct version of the sentence given below:
The committee has reached their decision.
Solution
Option C is the correct answer.
The term 'committee' is a collective noun which is considered singular and thus should take a singular verb "has" (not have) and the pronoun should be 'its' and not 'theirs'.
The pronoun 'theirs' would be correct when we refer to the members of the committee.
For, e.g. The members of the committee have reached their decision.
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