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Styler1 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Everyone/anyone
The word everyone is treated as a singular, so you need to use 'his or her'/'him or her' instead of 'their'/'them,' right? But what if you need to refer to it several times in a sentence? It would be awkward to read, wouldn't it?(e.g., "Everyone has his or her own fingerprint that makes him or her unique."
Somebody make a better example. I can't come up with a good one right now.) How would you fix such a sentence?
Also, is the word anyone treated as a singular or a plural?
Somebody make a better example. I can't come up with a good one right now.) How would you fix such a sentence?
Also, is the word anyone treated as a singular or a plural?
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The formal rule say to use he, his, and him . These are treated as non-gendered, so they mean he or she , and so on. Everyone has his own fingerprint that makes him unique.
- The formal rule say to use he, his, and him .
- These are treated as non-gendered, so they mean he or she , and so on.
- Everyone has his own fingerprint that makes him unique.
- I have heard of teachers using she, her, her in a class of all women, but this is rare.
- Does everyone have her pencils and paper with her today?
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The formal rule say to use he, his, and him. These are treated as non-gendered, so they mean he or she, and so on.
Everyone has his own fingerprint that makes him unique.
I have heard of teachers using she, her, her in a class of all women, but this is rare.
Does everyone have her pencils and paper with her today?
Some
Everyone has his own fingerprint that makes him unique.
I have heard of teachers using she, her, her in a class of all women, but this is rare.
Does everyone have her pencils and paper with her today?
Some
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