Each sentence below has a blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word that best fits in with the meaning of the sentence as a whole.My brother and I met an acquaintance of _ on the shopping mall.
Correct answer: D. ours
- A. ourselves
- B. us
- C. our
- D. ours
Explanation
"Ours" is a possessive pronoun that indicates that the acquaintance is someone known to both the speaker and their brother. The phrase "an acquaintance of ours" is a possessive phrase that shows that the acquaintance belongs to both of them.
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