For Each of the Following Sentences, Select the Pronoun That

question 39

Multiple Choice

For each of the following sentences, select the pronoun that is consistent in person with the antecedent.
-All of the honor students accepted ________________ awards with pride.

• A) your
• B) their

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Definitions:

Assumed Risk

A principle that a person may voluntarily undertake or accept a risk inherent to an activity, thus absolving others from liability for any injury resulting from that risk.

Last Clear Chance

is a doctrine in tort law that allows a plaintiff to recover damages despite proof of contributory negligence if the defendant had the last opportunity to avoid the accident.

Intervening Cause

A legal term for an event that occurs after a party's initial act of negligence and contributes to a harmful event without breaking the causal link between the negligent act and the harm.

Reasonable Person Standard

A legal standard used to determine how an average person with ordinary prudence would act in certain circumstances.