The following sentence contains a blank. From the four choices given, select the one that can be inserted in the blank to form a grammatically correct sentence. Choice (A) may consist of dashes that indicate that no insertion is required to form a grammatically correct sentence.
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À cette occasion Jean-Louis a mis Blank________ plus belle chemise et une jolie cravate neuve.
sa
son
ses
sienne
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Choice (A) is correct. Chemise (shirt) is a singular feminine noun. In French, the possessive adjective agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies, not with the subject of the sentence; here the adjective modifies chemise. Choice (A), sa (agreeing with a singular feminine noun), correctly completes the sentence. Choice (B), son (his), is used with a singular masculine noun and choice (C), ses (his), is used with plural nouns whether masculine or feminine. Choice (D), sienne (his), is a possessive pronoun for a singular feminine noun.