GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: One result of the family's long ordeal at sea was their

I found one post ofmikemcgarry on other forum..won't post the name of it here..but here is his explanation. Thanks again Mike for clearing things up for me

Hi, there. I'm happy to contribute to this. Smile

First, let's address the pronoun & number difficulties.

"Family" is singular, so use of the pronoun "their" is incorrect. This is a classic GMAT SC mistake --- to use a singular noun (like "family",
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