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Weird Stuffs Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Their / Your in a sentence

Recently, I wrote a text about migration and my English Teacher and I couldn't agree on a mistake I made (that being her opinion). The sentence I wrote was as followed:


Now imagine, you're someone that recently had to leave their home country, ...


My teacher meant it should be


Now imagine, you're someone that recently had to leave your home country, ...


She couldn't give me a proper explanation on why it was wrong and said I should ask another teacher for their opinion. Which version is correct?

  

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Weird Stuffs Which version is correct? Neither is particularly felicitous, but yours is a better choice, certainly. 'Home country' refers to 'someone', which is better a 'they' than a 'you'.

— Mister Micawber

  • Weird Stuffs Which version is correct?
  • Neither is particularly felicitous, but yours is a better choice, certainly.
  • 'Home country' refers to 'someone', which is better a 'they' than a 'you'.
  • I suggest: Now imagine that you had to leave your home country.
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Weird StuffsWhich version is correct?

Neither is particularly felicitous, but yours is a better choice, certainly. 'Home country' refers to 'someone', which is better a 'they' than a 'you'. I suggest:

Now imagine that you had to leave your home country.

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