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It's howdy-shmoopy time...

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What should replace the underlined portion of the below sentence, if anything?

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The author was having trouble finishing their novel, but they had a deadline.

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And here are the potential answers:

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So... what is this question asking?

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Well, it's kind of a question of informality in everyday language. We say a lot of things

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that... jus' ain't right. Like... what we just said.

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So, in this sentence, is it Hemingway, Steinbeck and Heinlein having trouble finishing THEIR novel?

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Nope... it's just THE author. One lonely sad typist who had parental love issues.

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Those other guys weren't so great at collaborating anyway. So it can't be D.

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Choice A might have been a contender if it said "SHE had a deadline," but it doesn't...

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so it's bad grammar.

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C calls the author an "it." Just not very nice.

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So the only one that works B.

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As in, "Bad grammar."

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