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Grammar
Pluralizing problem
Assume we want every student of a school to see his or her counselor (and each student is assigned only one counselor), but we want to avoid "he or her" construction so we pluralizing. So should we say;
1. Students must see their counselors.
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2. Students must see their counselor.
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1. Students must see their counselors.
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2. Students must see their counselor.
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Both your sentences are fine. Each student must see their counsellors = each student has one or more counsellors. Grammatically it is fine, despite there not being verb-noun concord.
- Both your sentences are fine.
- Each student must see their counsellors = each student has one or more counsellors.
- Grammatically it is fine, despite there not being verb-noun concord.
- Each student must see their counsellor = each has one.
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Both your sentences are fine.
Each student must see their counsellors = each student has one or more counsellors. Grammatically it is fine, despite there not being verb-noun concord.
Each student must see their counsellor = each has one.
Each student must see their counsellors = each student has one or more counsellors. Grammatically it is fine, despite there not being verb-noun concord.
Each student must see their counsellor = each has one.
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