5 exercises — practise the contrastive parenthetical "for its part".
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Which sentence correctly uses "for its part" to highlight one team's distinct contribution among several teams being discussed?
"The frontend team, for its part, has already migrated..." correctly uses the singular possessive "its" (no apostrophe) inside the fixed comma-set-off parenthetical. Option B wrongly pluralises "part". Option C scrambles the word order. Option D wrongly uses the contraction "it's" instead of the possessive "its".
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Which sentence correctly uses "for his part" to refer to a single male stakeholder's distinct view among several people quoted?
"The CTO, for his part, remains unconvinced..." correctly matches the possessive pronoun "his" to the human subject "the CTO". Option B wrongly uses "its", which is reserved for non-human or collective subjects. Option C wrongly pluralises "part". Option D scrambles the word order.
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Which sentence correctly contrasts two departments' positions, each introduced with the correctly matched "for ... part" parenthetical?
"Security, for its part,... the product team, for its part,..." correctly matches the singular possessive "its" to each singular collective-noun subject and keeps "part" singular in both instances. The other options introduce pluralisation errors, mismatched pronouns, or scrambled word order.
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Which sentence correctly uses "for their part" to refer to a plural group's distinct reaction among several groups mentioned?
"The end users, for their part, barely noticed..." correctly matches the plural possessive "their" to the plural subject "the end users", with "part" kept singular. Option B wrongly uses the singular "its". Option C wrongly pluralises "parts". Option D scrambles the word order.
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Which sentence correctly uses "for its part" to highlight a vendor's distinct commitment among several parties in a contract negotiation?
"The vendor, for its part, agreed to extend..." correctly sets off the parenthetical with a comma on each side and uses the possessive "its". Option B wrongly uses the contraction "it's". Option C misplaces the second comma. Option D omits the first comma.