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Cogar Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

"is everyone comfortable in their seats/seat"

Hello all,

Two questions on the above sentence.

1. should it be "seat or "seats"

2. should it be "their"

please explain. thank you.
  

Top answer

their is fine. I would use seat . Every one takes one seat.

— CalifJim

  • their is fine.
  • I would use seat .
  • Every one takes one seat.
  • seats wouldn't be bad either, though.
  • CJ
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their is fine. I would use seat. Everyone takes one seat. seats wouldn't be bad either, though.

CJ
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'Their' is used because 'everybody' contains both women and men, so we shouldn't say just his/her since it would be unfair to the other gender.

On the other hand, I've heard that in past 'him' would have been used.
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>On the other hand, I've heard that in past 'him' would have been used.

his, not him
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Thank you all for replying.

How about the use of "seat" or 'seats"? What rule is in effect here to govern the usage?
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CogarHow about the use of "seat" or 'seats"? What rule is in effect here to govern the usage?
Ha! I bet one thousand dollars no one will be able to explain that.
Hi Cogar,
A lot of learners have already asked about the singular and the plural in those contexts. It seems the answer is "Your ear will tell you what sounds good". The problem is that my ear
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Does it has to do with " only He She and It can have the s) and since you are talking about they-their, no s ?
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Cogar
What rule is in effect here to govern the usage?

The native speakers' feelings for the language have been, are, and will continually be in effect to govern the usage.

Now and then, here and there, they bring forward a rule, then surpass it tentatively, soon boldly to observe the effects. They happily make the rules compete with each other and pi
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How about the use of "seat" or 'seats"? What rule is in effect here to govern the usage?

In the matter of fact, there is:

i.e. 'No student will be admitted to any course until he has paid the requisite fee.'

This use has been denounced as reinforcing the stereotyp of man as dominant and in some contexts it may be exlcuding women.

There are two alternatives: Us
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