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In advanced English syntax and pronoun-antecedent agreement, identify the sentence that contains a structural error or ambiguous reference.
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Detailed Explanation
Option C contains an error in pronoun-antecedent agreement. The pronoun 'their' is plural, but its antecedent is 'Each', which is a singular distributive pronoun requiring the singular possessive pronoun 'his or her' (or 'his'). In formal English grammar, indefinite pronouns like 'each', 'everyone', and 'everybody' are grammatically singular. For further reading on pronoun usage and grammatical concord, visit the Wikipedia Reference.
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