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Question language / प्रश्न भाषाहिंदी अनुवाद इस पुराने प्रश्न के लिए उपलब्ध नहीं है।

Each of the candidates submitted their application before the deadline.

Answer and explanation are free to read — no sign-in required.उत्तर और व्याख्या पढ़ने के लिए साइन-इन आवश्यक नहीं है।

A

Each of the candidates

B

submitted their application

C

before the deadline

D

No error

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Correct Answerसही उत्तर

D. No error

Explanationव्याख्या

No error.
Singular they
their is accepted in contemporary standard English with indefinite antecedents such as each when gender is unspecified.

कोई त्रुटि नहीं है। आधुनिक मानक अंग्रेज़ी में gender अज्ञात होने पर each जैसे antecedent के साथ singular they/their स्वीकार्य है।

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