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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Their

"There’s a delay before the start of this game, the umpire telling an idiot in the crowd to switch off the light on their phone." (The Guardian.)

Is "their" singular in the sentence above (an idiot phone ~ their phone)?
  

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Anonymous Is "their" singular in the sentence above (an idiot 's phone ~ their phone)? Yes. CJ

  • Anonymous Is "their" singular in the sentence above (an idiot 's phone ~ their phone)?
  • Yes.
  • CJ
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AnonymousIs "their" singular in the sentence above (an idiot's phone ~ their phone)?
Yes.

CJ
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Thank you, CJ, for the reply.

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