Use with their
Some polls showed the party could win just seven per cent of the vote - *their* lowest share in history.
Their is listed as a pronoun and a determiner. What is it in this example?
If it was 'The parties lowest share in history' then it would be a complete sentence and their is substituting 'the parties'.
Is determiner like: Their health mattered to him.
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Some polls showed the party could win just seven per cent of the vote - their lowest share in history. If terms of traditional grammar, their is a possessive adjective. For clarity and simplicity, I'd prefer to write it without the dash eg Some polls showed the party could win just seven per cent of the vote , their lowest share in history.
- Some polls showed the party could win just seven per cent of the vote - their lowest share in history.
- If terms of traditional grammar, their is a possessive adjective.
- For clarity and simplicity, I'd prefer to write it without the dash eg Some polls showed the party could win just seven per cent of the vote , their lowest share in history.
- or eg Some polls showed the party could win just seven per cent of the vote , the party's lowest share in history.
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Some polls showed the party could win just seven per cent of the vote - their lowest share in history.
If terms of traditional grammar, their is a possessive adjective.
For clarity and simplicity, I'd prefer to write it without the dash
eg Some polls showed the party could win just seven per cent of the vote, their lowest share in his
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