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Rishonly Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Everyone

Hello,

Would you please verify if the following sentence is grammatically correct? Since the pronoun (everyone) is singular, "have" and "their" seems little different to me.

I hope everyone still have Nortel VPN on their PC.



Thanks,

Krish
  

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Welcome to English Forums! " is the "most correct". It is the answer to use on examinations.

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Welcome to English Forums!

"I hope everyone still has Nortel VPN on his PC." is the "most correct".
It is the answer to use on examinations.

"I hope everyone still has Nortel VPN on their PC." is also correct. "their" has been used for hundreds of years and by respected writers as the singular possessive to go with "everyone".

"I hope everyone still ha
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Thanks for your quick response, CJ , and I got it now.

Kris
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Hello Sor,

1. It is the answer to use on examinations.

2. It is the answer to use in examinations.

Which one is correct "on" or "in"?

Thanks.
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I personally accept either one.
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