Chinese,the most ancient of living writing systems, consists of tens of thousands of ideographic characters, each character a miniature calligraphic composition inside its own square frame.
15. Chinese,the most ancient of living writing systems,consists of tens of thousands of ideographic characters, each character a miniature calligraphic composition inside its own square frame. (A) each character a miniature calligraphic composition inside its (B) all the characters a miniature calligraphic composition inside their (C) all the characters a miniature calligraphic composition inside its (D) every character a miniature calligraphic composition inside their (E) each character a miniature calligraphic composition inside their Agreement The underlined part of the original sentence acts as a modifier, or a phrase in apposition,describing Chinese ideographic characters.The modifier correctly uses the singular for all three terms:character, composition,and its all agree. A Correct.In this sentence,the nouns character and composition and the pronoun its agree B Characters and their are plural,but composition is singular. C While characters is plural,composition and its are singular. D Character and composition are singular, but their is plural. E Character and composition are singular, but there is plural. The correct answer is A.