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- word usage - How to use their and theirs? - English Language . . .
What is the difference between their and theirs, and how is should use them? Sometimes I get frustrated, because I do not see their difference
- genderless pronouns - Why use their after someone? - English . . .
"Someone has forgotten their book" Why can we use 'Their" and what's the difference if instead of "their" we use "his her"?
- Their + Singular or plural nouns - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
"Their" can have a distributive meaning, so "Most of the employees prefer to eat their lunch at their desk" is the preferred construction
- phrase usage - Which is correct, “their life” or “their lives . . .
Without context, "their" refers to "no one" which is singular, the choose 1 However,in the text preceding the sentence, there may be a group of people with "lives", then 2
- Use of its versus their when using each in a sentence
For clarity and flow I would use the institution's in place of either its or their their has an odd clumping effect as you intuit its could also refer to the model's "particular size and other conditions", rather than those of the institution
- pronouns - Noun after their must be plural? - English Language . . .
8 Their X just means X belongs to multiple people If each of the "their" has an X, then you are talking about multiple Xs, and should use the plural form of X If everyone in the "their" group is sharing a single X, you would use a singular X An each can emphasize the "everyone has their own X" and can override this
- Using their or its when referring to an inanimate object
The general rule is that, when talking about things, you use its for singular and their for plural There is one exception relating to their, for which the Oxford Dictionary defines two usages: of or belonging to people, animals or things that have already been mentioned or are easily identified used instead of his or her to refer to a person whose sex is not mentioned or not known As
- The use of their in academic writing - English Language Learners . . .
Is it right to write “big corporations must work on their marketing strategies” in academic writing? Our instructor said you can't use pronouns like 'their' in academic writing
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