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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Identifying Nouns

I do not know whether to identify these nouns as things or places:

trips
destinations
  

Top answer

As common nouns, they should be identified as things.

— Philip

  • As common nouns, they should be identified as things.
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As common nouns, they should be identified as things.
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A destination is a place where someone is going on their trip.
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Why didn't you use this please?
AlpheccaStarsA destination is a place where someone is going on their her/his trip.
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"They / Their / them" are used as a gender-neutral singular pronouns.
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AlpheccaStars"They / Their / them" are used as a gender-neutral singular pronouns.
Could you say an example on using "they" in that case please?
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The world is full of examples using "they" (their, them) like this. It was full of examples in the 1700 and 1800s. There was a weird time when it was suggested that "he/his/him" should be used instead, and that lasted for over 100 years, but now we are back to "they/their/them" as gender-neutral, singular, third-person pronoun.

When a guest arrives unannounced, they do not have to be welc
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Shouldn't it be this?
KhoshtipMan"They / Their / them" are used as a gender-neutral singular pronouns.
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Thank you very much BarbaraPA for your excellent explanation.
Is it correct:
BarbaraPAwe are back to "they/their/them" as gender-neutral, singular, third-person pronouns.
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Yes it should. I'm sorry for the careless error.
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BarbaraPAYes it should. I'm sorry for the careless error.
No problem dear Barbara. It's fine.
Thanks for verifying it
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