Question

Correct the following statements

a)The bus was hired by ladies for its picnic.​

Answer 1

Answer:

• The wrong statement is 'the bus was hired by ladies for its picnic'.
• And the correct answer is given below. The bus was hired by ladies for their picnic.
• Here 'its' is incorrect for the meaning of the sentence .
• If 'their' is used instead of 'its' then the meaning of the sentence will be appropriate .

Answer 2

The bus was hired by ladies for picnic.

or

The bus was hired by ladies for their picnic.

• In the given sentence, the 'bus' is the subject whereas there are two objects- 'ladies' and 'picnic'.
• The words 'its' and 'their' are possessive personal pronouns, i.e. they show possession. They also act as possessive adjectives.
• 'Their' is used only for persons while 'its' is used for animals, places or things.
• In this case, the picnic is for the ladies and so we can either write 'their' or simply omit the word.