No one could believe their luck when the owner of the restaurant offered free dessert to all.

what is the agreement error in this sentence?

the pronoun “their” does not match its antecedent in number.

the pronoun “their” does not match its antecedent in person.

the pronoun “their” does not match its antecedent in case or number.

the pronoun “their” does not match its antecedent in number or person.

The best answer to the question: No one could believe their luck when the owner of the restaurant offered free dessert to all, What is the agreement error in this sentence? Would actually be, A: The pronoun "their" does not match its antecedent in number.

Explanation:

The reason for this being the correct answer is that no one indicates individuality and few in the number of subjects in the sentence. However, the pronoun that replaces this is a plural noun, indicating a group, or a big number. The combination of no one, and "their" as the pronoun that would replace that noun, is not coherent and therefore expresses a disagreement of number.

as we know, the english language is spoken all over the world by native and non-native speakers and has become the most certain tool when it comes to communicating. businesses, schools, even romantic relationships depend on it to keep thriving. in addition, it is the language of the internet not only because most of the content available is in english, but also because people prefer to use it when talking to others, since it's the language everyone supposedly learns.

yet, there have been some current claims that chinese will soon take over as the most important language in the world. china's magnitude has never been more evident and doing business with the chinese is a gold mine for any country. we now see language schools offering chinese courses as commonly as english.

however - even though we cannot deny china's importance and the advantage it is when someone takes the time to learn the language their business contact speaks-, people in general seem to be ignoring the aspects that seem to keep english as the chosen one of languages. one of them has been mentioned above: it is the language of the internet. also, chinese people are still learning english, since it opens doors in communicating with practically everyone else, from every single country.

note: if this is not the sort of transition you need, let me know. : d

answer: b) bubbling its way

explanation: an adjective is a word or a group of words that modifies a noun (name, thing, place,

in this case, the first option "to heartily enjoy" isn't describing or modifying any noun, the third option "hiking along merrily" is describing an action but it doesn't modify any noun, the last option "beside us" is just a preposition that indicates position, so the correct answer is the second one: "bubbling its way" because it is modifying the noun "stream".