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Fadysandy Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
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No one has finished his homework yet. or No one has finished their homework yet.
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No one has finished his homework yet -- Grammatically correct but politically incorrect (since some are presumably female), and it also ignores popular spoken English. No one has finished their homework yet. -- Formally conflicting in number, but informally correct and common, yet still considered incorrect by some conservative grammarians.
- No one has finished his homework yet -- Grammatically correct but politically incorrect (since some are presumably female), and it also ignores popular spoken English.
- No one has finished their homework yet.
- -- Formally conflicting in number, but informally correct and common, yet still considered incorrect by some conservative grammarians.
- My suggestion—recast: No one has finished the homework yet.
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No one has finished his homework yet -- Grammatically correct but politically incorrect (since some are presumably female), and it also ignores popular spoken English.
No one has finished their homework yet.-- Formally conflicting in number, but informally correct and common, yet still considered incorrect by some conservative grammarians.
My suggestion—recast:
No one has finished their homework yet.-- Formally conflicting in number, but informally correct and common, yet still considered incorrect by some conservative grammarians.
My suggestion—recast:
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Traditionalists would say the first is correct. The second is generally accepted today.
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