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8. Unlike most of the other lionesses at the zoo, it hadn’t been
born in captivity.

9. “The company has traded hands three times in the last five

years,” complained Grandpa. “If a person doesn’t like the

corporate policy, you can just wait a few months, and it will

change.”

10. Each of the seniors said they were looking forward to

graduation.

Review Exercise 18-3 Finding and

Correcting Pronoun Errors

Find and correct the two errors in pronoun agreement, reference, or

point of view in each numbered item.

1. The local car wash gives anyone a free car wash on their

birthday. This generates good will and brings people back to
the car wash on other days during the year.

2. Someone left their sunglasses and car keys sitting on the lunch

counter. Chances are that the person will return to pick it up.