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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Impersonal pronoun

When speaking of a business or a business website, should you use "its" vs their?
  

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"Their" is a possessive adjective. You use it when you want to say that something belongs to something else, like, "their website" (the website belongs to them) It is a kind of universal pronoun, not commonly used to refer to people. " Or "When I visited their website it (the website) was...

  • "Their" is a possessive adjective.
  • You use it when you want to say that something belongs to something else, like, "their website" (the website belongs to them) It is a kind of universal pronoun, not commonly used to refer to people.
  • " Or "When I visited their website it (the website) was...
  • (whatever)"
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"Their" is a possessive adjective. You use it when you want to say that something belongs to something else, like, "their website" (the website belongs to them)

It is a kind of universal pronoun, not commonly used to refer to people. You could say, "It is their website." Or "When I visited their website it (the website) was... (whatever)"

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