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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Their vs. his
Hello everybody!
In the following sentence, is the correct word "their" or "his", with "foreign national" neutral or relating to a man in a previous sentence?
"He did not understand why a foreign national should be appointed president directly and not have to earn their/his spurs."
This is my first post, so I hope I'm not making any mistakes here.
Cheers,
Louis
In the following sentence, is the correct word "their" or "his", with "foreign national" neutral or relating to a man in a previous sentence?
"He did not understand why a foreign national should be appointed president directly and not have to earn their/his spurs."
This is my first post, so I hope I'm not making any mistakes here.
Cheers,
Louis
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Anonymous This is my first post, so I hope I'm not making any mistakes here. If there were no danger of mistakes, there would be no point in posting questions! " 'Their' is the informal way to refer to someone of unidentified ***.
- Anonymous This is my first post, so I hope I'm not making any mistakes here.
- If there were no danger of mistakes, there would be no point in posting questions!
- " 'Their' is the informal way to refer to someone of unidentified ***.
- 'His' is the way to refer to a man, and it is also the traditional formal way of referring to someone of unidentified ***.
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AnonymousThis is my first post, so I hope I'm not making any mistakes here.If there were no danger of mistakes, there would be no point in posting questions!
AnonymousIn the following sentence, is the correct word "their" or "his", with "foreign national" neutral or relating to a man in a previous sentence?"He did not understand why a
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