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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
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
What do they and their refer to in this paragraph? 6 While others have correctly identified what the they their refer to in a strict sense, a literal reading of the referents misses some subtleties in the rhetorical structure The repetition of "their children" (and the associated switch in who "their" refers to) is likely deliberate
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