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- word usage - How to use their and theirs? - English Language . . .
Their is an adjective It is used to modify a noun: This is their ball Theirs is a pronoun It is not used to directly modify a noun, although it does require an antecedent noun: This ball is theirs In practice, their and theirs are basically equivalent in meaning, and you can use either one according to how you wish to word your sentence In
- genderless pronouns - Why use their after someone? - English . . .
Singular they is the use of they, or its inflected or derivative forms, such as them, their or themselves, to refer to a single person or an antecedent that is grammatically singular It typically occurs with an antecedent of indeterminate gender, as in sentences such as: "Everyone returned to their seats "
- grammar - Their - 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 – BillJ Commented Dec 28, 2020 at 17:57
- The use of their in academic writing - English Language Learners . . .
@forest "They" for a known individual isn't controversial due to the confusion it can cause, it's controversial because some people actively oppose acknowledging the existence of trans people (which may include making arbitrary distinctions within their grammar), or they refuse to make even the smallest accommodation for trans people
- Using their or its when referring to an inanimate object
"Their" and "they" can be used in the third-person singular When used (instead of her or his) to refer to a person, "their" simply includes no information as to their gender: Each of these programmers had their code reviewed by an expert Of these, each programmer had their code reviewed by an expert Here are the programmers
- singular they - his or her own vs. their own - English Language . . .
(Since I mentioned the non-binary community, I should also point out that people in that community have a wide range of pronoun preferences When discussing a specific person, you should ask their preference, and respect it ) Everybody likes their own child Singular "they" is one of the most controversial features of modern English
- pronouns - Noun after their must be plural? - English Language . . .
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
- Income or incomes? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
It is certainly normal to talk about all of a person's sources of income as, collectively, their income They might then talk about an individual source of income as "this income, that income", but it would be unusual to use income in the plural about the separate sources However, "your incomes" would be a normal phrasing where you is plural
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