Dec 28, 2020 · Their + Singular or plural nouns. Ask Question Asked 1 year ago. Active 9 months ago. Viewed 237 times 1 1. Most of the employees prefer to eat ...
they / their (singular) Using the plural pronoun to refer to a single person of unspecified gender is an old and honorable pattern in English, not a newfangled bit of degeneracy or a politically correct plot to avoid sexism (though it often serves the latter purpose). People who insist that "Everyone has brought his own lunch" is the only ...
The word "they" is routinely described in grammar books as the " third-person plural personal pronoun ," which is the reason many consider it wrong to use it as a singular. However, it is safe to label that view as outdated, and all the leading style guides now support a singular "they" or "their."
25.05.2016 · they / their (singular) Using the plural pronoun to refer to a single person of unspecified gender is an old and honorable pattern in English, not a newfangled bit of degeneracy or a politically correct plot to avoid sexism (though it often serves the latter purpose).
His/Her or Their? Writers often ask whether they should refer to a singular person whose gender is unknown as "he," "she," "he or she," "he/she," or "they." Look at this example: Each team leader is responsible for his / her / his or her / his/her / their team. He / She / He or She / He/She / They must report to the race marshal by 9 o'clock.
Like the "singular you", "singular they" permits a singular antecedent, but is used with the same verb forms as plural they, and has the same inflected forms as ...
Sep 16, 2013 · #1 Hi I could never decide when to use singular and when plural after "their". There has been a few threads about this explaining that if there's only one thing possessed by each person than it should be singular anyway it should be plural. However
May 25, 2016 · Often expressions can be pluralized to make the “they” or “their” indisputably proper: “All of them have brought their own lunches.” “People” can often be substituted for “each.” Americans seldom avail themselves of the otherwise very handy British “one” to avoid specifying gender because it sounds to our ears rather pretentious: “One’s hound should retrieve only one’s own grouse.”
28.12.2020 · Most of the employees prefer to eat their lunch at their desks. If you try to do a strict grammatical analysis of this sentence, you will run into problems. You have to accept that they/their is in the middle of a prolonged grammatical shift whereby it is coming to take over more singular functions.
16.09.2013 · I could never decide when to use singular and when plural after "their". There has been a few threads about this explaining that if there's only one thing possessed by each person than it should be singular anyway it should be plural. However. "More and more people drive their cars without having an insurance" sounds good to me even though most ...
they / their (singular) Using the plural pronoun to refer to a single person of unspecified gender is an old and honorable pattern in English, not a newfangled bit of degeneracy or a politically correct plot to avoid sexism (though it often serves the latter purpose). People who insist that "Everyone has brought his own lunch" is the only ...
“its” and “theirs” are possessive pronouns, third person (singular : its, plural : theirs). However “its” is rarely used. In your example “their” is a ...
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 ...