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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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How would you fix these sentences so that the pronouns agree? My uncles or my cousin are going to be here for dinner, and I will see that all my relatives receive his or her chance to talk at the dinner table.Martha likes playing with her little cousin, even though she sometimes gets tired of playing the same game each time.
  

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Anonymous Martha likes playing with her little cousin, even though she sometimes gets tired of playing the same game each time. The above sentence is correct and reads as a native speaker would say it. Anonymous My uncles or my cousin are going to be here for dinner, and I will see that all my relatives receive his or her chance to talk at the dinner table.

  • Anonymous Martha likes playing with her little cousin, even though she sometimes gets tired of playing the same game each time.
  • The above sentence is correct and reads as a native speaker would say it.
  • Anonymous My uncles or my cousin are going to be here for dinner, and I will see that all my relatives receive his or her chance to talk at the dinner table.
  • This one is tougher.
  • " We say "their" when we're speaking about a mixed-gender (or unknown gender) group of people, and we want to indicate ownership.
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AnonymousMartha likes playing with her little cousin, even though she sometimes gets tired of playing the same game each time.
The above sentence is correct and reads as a native speaker would say it.
AnonymousMy uncles or my cousin are going to be here for dinner, and I will see that all my relatives receive his or her chance to talk a

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