<p>Some employees saw increases in their salaries while others had <span class="answer">theirs</span> reduced.</p><div data-answer="b"><span style="font-size: 13.008px;">The correct answer is (</span><span class="answer" style="font-size: 13.008px;">B) theirs</span><span style="font-size: 13.008px;">.</span><br></div>
<p>In this sentence, we are referring to the salaries of the employees. The word "salaries" is plural, so we need a pronoun that also indicates plurality. "Its" (choice A) is the possessive form of the singular pronoun "it," so it does not match the plural noun "salaries." "Themselves" (choice D) is a reflexive pronoun, which is used when the subject and the object of the verb are the same. However, in this sentence, we are not referring to the employees themselves, but to their salaries. "Their" (choice C) is the possessive form of the plural pronoun "they," but it does not indicate that the salaries were reduced. The correct answer is "theirs" (choice B), which is the possessive form of the plural pronoun "they" and matches the noun "salaries" in both number and possession.</p>