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Mudclay Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

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Dear teachers,

Please check my sentences. Which one is correct.

a. Everybody committed mistakes during their childhood.
b. Everybody commits mistakes during their childhood.
c. Everyone committed mistakes during their childhood.
d Everyone commits mistakes during their childhood.

Thank you!
  

Top answer

There are ways of avoiding pronoun difficulties. These are all OK: a . Everybody committed mistakes during childhood.

— Mister Micawber

  • There are ways of avoiding pronoun difficulties.
  • These are all OK: a .
  • Everybody committed mistakes during childhood.
  • b.
  • Everybody commits mistakes during childhood.
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There are ways of avoiding pronoun difficulties. These are all OK:

a. Everybody committed mistakes during childhood.
b. Everybody commits mistakes during childhood.
c. Everyone committed mistakes during childhood.
d Everyone commits mistakes during childhood.
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Thank you teacher.

Will there be a different meaning if I put "their"?

Thank you!
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Yes: 'everyone/body' is singular, and someone will complain.
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Can say I got some pronoun-antecedent problem?
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mudclayCan say I got some pronoun-antecedent problem?
Yes, but it is a problem that some writers try to deal with and other writers say does not exist.
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