Question

the following question refers to “pronouns and antecedents.” if the following sentence uses the proper pronoun, mark the answer as “true.” if the sentence does not use the proper pronoun, mark the answer as “false.” the crew member had almost been lost, but the commander rescued him. true false

Answer 1

I would say that it is false that the sentence uses the proper pronoun. We don't know whether the crew member is a man or a woman, which is why you cannot use him here. You should say - them. If we knew it was a man, then him would be fine.