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Choose the answer which best rewords the underlined portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

The government has requested loans to help their banks, but the government has not been able to repay the money.
  1. the government
  2. they
  3. it
  4. its
Explanation
Answer: C - The best choice is “it”

Using “the government” two times in a sentence is redundant. Replace “the government” with the proper pronoun will eliminate the redundancy. “It” is a single pronoun that can represent “government.”
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