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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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their/his
Hello - In the sentence: "John and michael, each in his own way, changed the structure of the plans" - Do we say "each in his own way" or "each in their own way"? And what happens when "in in his/their own way introduces the sentence"?
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Hello. » I think both variants would do, however if the names were Jain (a woman) and Michael (a man), you would have to use "their" to make a gender-neutral reference! ) way (together, probably)...
- Hello.
- » I think both variants would do, however if the names were Jain (a woman) and Michael (a man), you would have to use "their" to make a gender-neutral reference!
- ) way (together, probably)...
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Hello.
«Do we say "each in his own way" or "each in their own way"?»
I think both variants would do, however if the names were Jain (a woman) and Michael (a man), you would have to use "their" to make a gender-neutral reference!
«And what happens when "in in his/their own way introduces the sentence"?»
If you mean what it'd mean without the "each" (They did it
«Do we say "each in his own way" or "each in their own way"?»
I think both variants would do, however if the names were Jain (a woman) and Michael (a man), you would have to use "their" to make a gender-neutral reference!
«And what happens when "in in his/their own way introduces the sentence"?»
If you mean what it'd mean without the "each" (They did it
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AnonymousHello - In the sentence: "John and michael, each in his own way, changed the structure of the plans" - Do we say "each in his own way" or "each in their own way"? And what happens when "in in his/their own way introduces the sentence"?I'd write: "John and Michael, each in his own way, changed the structure of the p
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