Question
At the Halloween dance, the catering committee received many compliments for _____ squid eyeball stew.
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Answers
GPT-4o mini
In the sentence "At the Halloween dance, the catering committee received many compliments for _____ squid eyeball stew," the correct choice is "its."
The completed sentence would read: "At the Halloween dance, the catering committee received many compliments for its squid eyeball stew."
The reason for this choice is that "committee" is a collective noun that is treated as a singular entity in this context, so "its" is the appropriate possessive pronoun.
The completed sentence would read: "At the Halloween dance, the catering committee received many compliments for its squid eyeball stew."
The reason for this choice is that "committee" is a collective noun that is treated as a singular entity in this context, so "its" is the appropriate possessive pronoun.