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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Should it be their or its?
While hunting for Huma, Avondale and his soldiers discovered and destroyed a cult of Morgion that had its/their base in the ruins.
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its British English, especially, does sometimes allow "them/their" with singular nouns that refer to groups of people or things, but in this case "their" sounds sloppy to me, even as a BrE speaker.
- its British English, especially, does sometimes allow "them/their" with singular nouns that refer to groups of people or things, but in this case "their" sounds sloppy to me, even as a BrE speaker.
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British English, especially, does sometimes allow "them/their" with singular nouns that refer to groups of people or things, but in this case "their" sounds sloppy to me, even as a BrE speaker.
British English, especially, does sometimes allow "them/their" with singular nouns that refer to groups of people or things, but in this case "their" sounds sloppy to me, even as a BrE speaker.
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