<p>Psychologists advise that before making any major
changes in your life, a person needs to focus on ones
goals.
(A) your life, a person needs to focus on ones goals
(B) their life, a person needs to focus on their goals
(C) their lives, focus on the goals
(D) ones life, you should focus on your goals
(E) their lives, people should focus on their goals</p>
<p>I chose (B), but the answer key says (E). Why is (E) better? Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>This has to do with singular/plural nouns I believe. For choice B, “their” refers to a plural noun while “a person” is singular. Choice E has “their” and “people,” which are both plural</p>
<p>^ For the context of College Board-administered tests, the above is indeed true.</p>
<p>You aren’t supposed to start a sentence with “your” and change that with “one” later in the sentence I think. You can then cross out A and D.</p>
<p>Use JDong’s explanation to get the right answer from the remaining choices.</p>
<p>Question seems crazy, I do not know why they would use the word their, instead I would expect to see the word you… I guess the way the sentence is emphazied throughout all options their is only reasonable… not sure.</p>