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InquisitiveOne Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

pronoun for "Subject"

What should be a pronoun for "subject" . Example:
Subject does something or something is done to "it/him/her" ????
same ways what is pronoun of "User"

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I assume by "subject" you mean a person involved in an experiment or study. " The third person plural pronoun is used even to refer to a singular antecedent when the gender is unknown or cannot be disclosed disclosed. : We asked the subject to sit down and they complied.

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  • I assume by "subject" you mean a person involved in an experiment or study.
  • " The third person plural pronoun is used even to refer to a singular antecedent when the gender is unknown or cannot be disclosed disclosed.
  • : We asked the subject to sit down and they complied.
  • In the past, the masculine pronoun (he) was used, but these days there is some sensitivity to being gender-neutral.
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I assume by "subject" you mean a person involved in an experiment or study.
If you do not know the gender of the person, then you can use the pronoun "they." The third person plural pronoun is used even to refer to a singular antecedent when the gender is unknown or cannot be disclosed disclosed. eg.:

We asked the subject to sit down and they complied.

In the past, the
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