Why should I answer the word "his"?
This question is from my friend's workbook. In the book, there is the question.
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Edward is the only person among all employees who has to explain ( ) opinion to the board members.

(A) them
(B) his
(C) its
(D) their
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An answer is (B), however I wonder that I could use (D).
Is my idea wrong? and Why?Very thank you for your time. All of answer bring me a lot. I wasn't able to choose the best answer from contents, so I did the earliest answer. Thank you again for all.

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Why should I answer the word "his"?
This question is from my friend's workbook. In the book, there is the question.
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Edward is the only person among all employees who has to explain ( ) opinion to the board members.

(A) them
(B) his
(C) its
(D) their
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An answer is (B), however I wonder that I could use (D).
Is my idea wrong? and Why?Very thank you for your time. All of answer bring me a lot. I wasn't able to choose the best answer from contents, so I did the earliest answer. Thank you again for all.

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Okay, this one can be a little tricky.  The short answer is, because you know you are talking specifically about Edward, the right pronoun is his.

His is the singular possesive form of him.  It is a definitive form, meaning you know to whom you are referring, in your example Edward.  Their is the possesive form of they, a plural pronoun.  However, it is used to describe the singular possesive form of her or him when you do not know to whom you are referring.

So, if your question read "Who is the only person among all employees who has to explain () opinion to the board members?", the answer would be "their" because you do not know who the someone is.

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And if the employees have a single opinion, and Edward is their representative, Edward will explain "their" opinion to the board.

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The subject is "Edward". Take out the adjectival phrase "is the only person among all employees who" and you are left with:
Edward has to explain () opinion to the board members.
So (D) is the wrong answer.

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great answer！

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Edward is the only person among all employees who has to explain ( ) opinion to the board members.

"Who" = Edward.
Why? "Who has to....!!!!" That is the clue.

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