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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
- 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
- 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"?
- 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
- 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
- Use of its versus their when using each in a sentence
Singular they their (s) is a somewhat contested feature of English; you will get varying perspectives on its appropriateness depending on whom you ask However, it typically is used where he she or his her (s) would be gender-biased not where it its would be used
- 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
- pronouns - Which is correct, their name or their names? - English . . .
I've got a command that says: Point to the items and color them Say its name I'm sure it should be their instead of its, but I'm not 100% sure if it should be their name or their names
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