Grammatical Error In Forum
 

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Instead of "their."</nit>

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wow.

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I would like to see this changed. This is absolutely ridiculous.

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dano for mod of Grammatical Error Forum.

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Instead of "their."</nit>

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You could well be right; but I'd question it.

"Their" implies plural, and "His or her" keeps it singular, (as it is meant to be by the context), in my book.

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Instead of "their."</nit>

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You could well be right; but I'd question it.

"Their" implies plural, and "His or her" keeps it singular, (as it is meant to be by the context), in my book.

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i think you are agreeing with him. he's correct.

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Thanks for sorting that, daryn.

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Someone needs to pay another visit to their English teacher...

From the Dictionary, definition/usage of their:

"(used after an indefinite singular antecedent in place of the definite masculine form his or the definite feminine form her): Someone left their book on the table. Did everyone bring their lunch?"

Bottom Line: The use of "their" is grammaticaly appropriate following the use of the indefinite singular antecedent, "this user".

ps... being a grammer/spelling nit on the Internet is counterproductive [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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From the Dictionary, definition/usage of their:

"(used after an indefinite singular antecedent in place of the definite masculine form his or the definite feminine form her): Someone left their book on the table. Did everyone bring their lunch?"

Bottom Line: The use of "their" is grammaticaly appropriate following the use of the indefinite singular antecedent, "this user".


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Two things:
-First of all, "their" is not right as an indefinite gender pronoun. Citing "the Dictionary" does not convince me otherwise.
-Second, "his or her" is meh. Give me an old-school "his."
-Third, come on, it's 2+2. It's not really indefinite gender, it's a guy.