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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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every musician -> their??
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00 One very important asset of a good conductor is his trained ear. He can disinguish every tone produced by 01 font 00 every musician 02 font 00 , even while he hears the total blend of 01 font 00 their 02 font 00 sound. 02 br
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00 I think 'their' refers to every musician, but every should be always singular in the form. Then, 'their' should be changed into his or her instead, I think. isn't it? 02 br
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00 cf.) In fact, I thought I asked this question before. But it's really hard to find out whether I truly asked it or not. The form before used was easy to use. Dont you think? 0-
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00 One very important asset of a good conductor is his trained ear. He can disinguish every tone produced by 01 font 00 every musician 02 font 00 , even while he hears the total blend of 01 font 00 their 02 font 00 sound. 02 br
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00 I think 'their' refers to every musician, but every should be always singular in the form. Then, 'their' should be changed into his or her instead, I think. isn't it? 02 br
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00 cf.) In fact, I thought I asked this question before. But it's really hard to find out whether I truly asked it or not. The form before used was easy to use. Dont you think? 0-
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0 Their and they are often used in a singular context where the gender of the person is not obvious, to avoid the clumsier his or her. 0-
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