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  1. word usage - How to use "their" and "theirs"? - English Language ...

    Mar 6, 2014 · What is the difference between their and theirs, and how is should use them? Sometimes I get frustrated, because I do not see their difference.

  2. genderless pronouns - Why use "their" after "someone"? - English ...

    Sep 2, 2014 · "Someone has forgotten their book". Why can we use 'Their" and what's the difference if instead of "their" we use "his/her"?

  3. The use of 'their' in academic writing - English Language Learners ...

    Apr 7, 2022 · Is it right to write “big corporations must work on their marketing strategies” in academic writing? Our instructor said you can't use pronouns like 'their' in academic writing.

  4. Using "their" or "its" when referring to an inanimate object

    Apr 11, 2019 · The general rule is that, when talking about things, you use its for singular and their for plural. There is one exception relating to their, for which the Oxford Dictionary defines …

  5. What do 'they' and 'their' refer to in this paragraph?

    Nov 9, 2022 · 6 While others have correctly identified what the they/their refer to in a strict sense, a literal reading of the referents misses some subtleties in the rhetorical structure. The …

  6. What’s their name? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    Jun 21, 2020 · What's their name? Here, "their" is the "gender neutral" determiner; you use it when you are talking about someone whose gender you don't know, or when you don't want to …

  7. pronouns - Which is correct, "their name" or "their names"?

    Oct 15, 2019 · I've got a command that says: Point to the items and color them. Say its name. I'm sure it should be their instead of its, but I'm not 100% sure if it should be their name or their …

  8. Their + Singular or plural nouns - English Language Learners Stack …

    Dec 28, 2020 · "Their" can have a distributive meaning, so "Most of the employees prefer to eat their lunch at their desk" is the preferred construction.

  9. phrase usage - Which is correct, “their life” or “their lives ...

    Oct 21, 2023 · Without context, "their" refers to "no one" which is singular, the choose 1. However,in the text preceding the sentence, there may be a group of people with "lives", then 2.

  10. possessives - Their names, the names of them - English Language ...

    Sep 16, 2017 · I met so many people at the party, I can't remember the names of them all. I met so many people at the party, I can't remember all their names. As with many things in English, …