Question

Answer the following question according to formal grammatical rules.

Which of the following corrects the pronoun error in this passage?

The sixth-grade students liked volunteering their time to read to the elderly people in the hospital. It made them happy.

A. The sixth-grade students liked volunteering his or her time to read to the elderly people in the hospital. It made them happy.
B. The sixth-grade students liked volunteering their time to read to the elderly people in the hospital. It made the volunteers happy.
C. The sixth-grade students liked volunteering their time to read to the elderly people in the hospital. They made them happy.
D. The sixth-grade students liked volunteering their time to read to the elderly people in the hospital. Reading made them happy.

Answer 1

Answer: B. The sixth-grade students liked volunteering their time to read to the elderly people in the hospital. It made the volunteers happy.

Explanation: The error was in the second sentence where it says "It(reading to the elderly) made them happy" but what does "them" refer to? like are they referring to the elderly people or the volunteers.