Use of "their"
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Every human being, after the first few days of their life, is a product of two factors; on the one hand, there is their congenital endowment; on the other, there is the effect of environment, including environment.
Is the use of their here grammatical?
Please give your views.
Suresh
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vsuresh Is the use of their here grammatical? Yes. It is quite common to use they, them, their, theirs, and themselves as a non-gendered singular pronoun.
- vsuresh Is the use of their here grammatical?
- Yes.
- It is quite common to use they, them, their, theirs, and themselves as a non-gendered singular pronoun.
- By the way, unrelated to your question, I couldn't help notice that there's something wrong here: vsuresh the effect of environment, including environment.
- CJ
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vsureshIs the use of their here grammatical?
Yes. It is quite common to use they, them, their, theirs, and themselves as a non-gendered singular pronoun.
By the way, unrelated to your question, I couldn't help notice that there's something wrong here:
vsuresh the effect of environment, including environm
0Every human being, after the first few days of their life, is a product of two factors; on the one hand, there is their… endowment; on the other, there is the effect of environment, including education.
It should have been education in place of environment
0vsureshIs the use of their here grammatical?
Yes and no. It's pretty obvious that the subject is singular. "They" is a natural and time-honored way to speak of the singular general case, male or female, if you don't want to use the traditional generic "he", but it never gained the acceptance of fourth-grade English teachers. That generic "he" has fallen int
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