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Christanford Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Pronouns- anyone

How do you pronoun-ize nouns like 'anyone', 'everyone' and 'no one'?
Do you use 'they/them' or 'it/it', or do you just never pronoun-ize those words?

Thanks in advance!
  

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Christanford How do you pronoun-ize pronomialize nouns like 'anyone', 'everyone' and 'no one'? The prescriptive grammarians recommend only he, him, himself, and his . It is said that in these cases, the pronouns are not gendered and represent both genders.

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  • Christanford How do you pronoun-ize pronomialize nouns like 'anyone', 'everyone' and 'no one'?
  • The prescriptive grammarians recommend only he, him, himself, and his .
  • It is said that in these cases, the pronouns are not gendered and represent both genders.
  • These are used in more formal styles.
  • Does everyone have his textbooks with him?
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ChristanfordHow do you pronoun-ize pronomialize nouns like 'anyone', 'everyone' and 'no one'?
The prescriptive grammarians recommend only he, him, himself, and his. It is said that in these cases, the pronouns are not gendered and represent both genders. These are used in more formal styles.
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