<p>Their is something wrong with "his" in this sentence.. and its something to do with antecedent... can someone explain this to me??</p>
<p>Despite Mitchell's steadfast attempts to mitigate his friends' ongoing rivalry, he was ultimately unable to mediate their long-overdue reconciliation. No Error.</p>
<p>are you sure "his" is the error? wouldn't it be 'he"? B/c the subject is Mitchell's attempts, not him. Oh i don't know... im probably wrong</p>
<p>This isn't a CB question is it?</p>
<p>i think the sentence is fine. Is this from PR?</p>
<p>It's from Barron's</p>
<p>I figured it wasn't CB. CB doesn't really use words in the writing section that some people might not know (like mitigate, mediate, etc).</p>
<p>someone else brought this up few weeks ago, they argued that the subject is "attempts", that Mitchell in this case cant be HE. however, what i see is that HE and HIS is perfectly OK. wat do u guys think?? it is OK =]]</p>
<p>Despite his steadfast attempts to mitigate his friends' ongoing rivalry, Mitchell was unable to mediate their long-overdue reconciliation.</p>
<p>This is the corrected sentence... AFAIK.</p>