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Mark the correct alternative about the word “its” (line 09).

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E) It refers to “the baby’s” – though “his/her/their” are preferred when addressing people, “its” can be used to make reference to a baby, especially when the speaker does not know or does not want to reveal the baby’s gender.

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A) The use of the possessive adjective in this sentence is incorrect, because it is addressing a person. It should be replaced by “the”.

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B) The pronoun “it” does not have a correspondent possessive pronoun, so the structure is incorrect. It should be rewritten as “the baby’s father”.

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C) When addressing to people, the pronoun “they” is a neutral option equivalent to “it” for things and animals. The possessive pronoun “theirs” could have been used in the text and the sentence would be grammatically correct.

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D) The use of “its” in the sentence is correct, but it is spelled incorrectly. As it is a short form of “it is,” the apostrophe should have been used to indicate the contraction.

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