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Martinezz123 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

I don't agree with this correction of my sentence:

The sentence was:

One who plays video games is more able to rotate, reconstruct and transform visual forms in mind than the one who does not have such a habit.

And the correction my teacher made is:

...visual forms in THEIR mind than the one...


I dont't understand it, because I'm not using plural forms here. Shouldnt it be "his" or something like that? Can it be because the previous sentence was:

"The first point to bear in mind is that the greatest benefit from playing video games is the development of visuo-spatial abilities of the gamers."

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Will you explain it to me?

  

Top answer

" mind " is a countable noun which requires the definite article. It its talking about the thinking apparatus of the video game player. One who plays video games is more able to rotate, reconstruct and transform visual forms in their mind than the one who does not have such a habit.

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  • " mind " is a countable noun which requires the definite article.
  • It its talking about the thinking apparatus of the video game player.
  • One who plays video games is more able to rotate, reconstruct and transform visual forms in their mind than the one who does not have such a habit.
  • The phrase " bear in mind " does not refer to a single person's brain cells.
  • It is an idiom which means to remember, or "to have in your conscious mind while you consider the next idea.
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"mind" is a countable noun which requires the definite article. It its talking about the thinking apparatus of the video game player.

One who plays video games is more able to rotate, reconstruct and transform visual forms in their mind than the one who does not have such a habit.

The phrase "bear in mind" does not refer to a single person's brain cells.

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Yes but... why "their" not "his" while I'm using singular form of "one"?
Shouldn't it be "ones" in such a case?
"One" means more or less "someone" so why "their"?

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Oh. Thank You very much!

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