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Cboutin3 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Is the "his" and "her"s a correct choice?

A wizard always had to prepare for the situation when he or she had cast his or her last spell, and was supposed to conserve his or her magic for use in emergencies.
  

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It's OK, but clumsy. You can avoid the problem by using plurals. Wizards always had to prepare for the situation when they had cast their last spell, and were supposed to conserve their magic for use in emergencies.

  • It's OK, but clumsy.
  • You can avoid the problem by using plurals.
  • Wizards always had to prepare for the situation when they had cast their last spell, and were supposed to conserve their magic for use in emergencies.
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It's OK, but clumsy.

You can avoid the problem by using plurals.

Wizards always had to prepare for the situation when they had cast their last spell, and were supposed to conserve their magic for use in emergencies.

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