Everyone - Singular Verb - Their
" Everyone who aspires to make their mark in the competitive world of entrepreneurship needs to acquire an unsurpassable level of marketing in their business. "
Is my usage of pronoun "the" correct with "Everyone" and "needs"?
Does this sentence have a grammatical error? Should I be using "Need" instead of "Needs"? Or "His" in place of "their"? Is it grammatically correct to use singular verb with their when your subject is "everyone"?
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We use a singular verb with "everyone", so "aspires" and "needs" are correct. The issue of "singular they" (the use of "they", "their" etc. to refer to a single person or to a grammatically singular referent) is extensively discussed here and elsewhere, and opinions about its acceptability in various contexts may vary.
- We use a singular verb with "everyone", so "aspires" and "needs" are correct.
- The issue of "singular they" (the use of "they", "their" etc.
- to refer to a single person or to a grammatically singular referent) is extensively discussed here and elsewhere, and opinions about its acceptability in various contexts may vary.
- , so most people would be fine with the use of "their" in your sentence, at least outside of very formal writing.
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We use a singular verb with "everyone", so "aspires" and "needs" are correct. The issue of "singular they" (the use of "they", "their" etc. to refer to a single person or to a grammatically singular referent) is extensively discussed here and elsewhere, and opinions about its acceptability in various contexts may vary. In practice, "singular they" is widely accepted in reference to pronouns su
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