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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Their heart
Hi,
Can we say "their heart" instead od "their hearts" as in the cited paragraph from The Independent: "Professor David Nutt, the former chairman of the government's Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs, said: "The stress of being that famous must be remarkable. Many people in their mid-20s begin to pull themselves together and get out of drug-use. For others, 10 years of hammering their heart takes its toll."?
Thank you.
Can we say "their heart" instead od "their hearts" as in the cited paragraph from The Independent: "Professor David Nutt, the former chairman of the government's Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs, said: "The stress of being that famous must be remarkable. Many people in their mid-20s begin to pull themselves together and get out of drug-use. For others, 10 years of hammering their heart takes its toll."?
Thank you.
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"Their" is more than one person, so the plural "hearts" is preferred.
- "Their" is more than one person, so the plural "hearts" is preferred.
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"Their" is more than one person, so the plural "hearts" is preferred.
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Both of them are equally acceptable and in widespread use. In your context heart is used generally and you are not refering to each indivisual heart.
The corpus of contemporary American English presents 950 examples for the phrase their hearts and 550 examples for their heart.
Personally speaking, I prefer to say their heart.
Cheers
The corpus of contemporary American English presents 950 examples for the phrase their hearts and 550 examples for their heart.
Personally speaking, I prefer to say their heart.
Cheers
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