In this sentence 'the 'boys' want 'their' dessert now' do the italicized pronouns agree in number with the italicized antecedent or antecedents?

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"The boys want their dessert now."

Yes, the possessive adjective 'their' agrees in number with the plural noun 'boys'.

The pronoun 'their' is the plural form used to describe a noun belonging to a plural noun (or two or more nouns).

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