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Maroline Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Does "someone" take his/her or their?
I know that "someone" in treated as a singular word but when refering to it , do we use his/her or their ???
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Hello, Maroline, welcome to the English Forums! Formally speaking, it's his/her. In grammar tests you use this solution.
- Hello, Maroline, welcome to the English Forums!
- Formally speaking, it's his/her.
- In grammar tests you use this solution.
- Otherwise, you use "their".
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Hello, Maroline, welcome to the English Forums!
Formally speaking, it's his/her. In grammar tests you use this solution. Otherwise, you use "their".
Formally speaking, it's his/her. In grammar tests you use this solution. Otherwise, you use "their".
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