Mar 6, 2014 ยท 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. Apr 11, 2019 ยท 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 two โ€ฆ "Someone has forgotten their book". Why can we use 'Their" and what's the difference if instead of "their" we use "his/her"? Oct 21, 2023 ยท 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. Jan 1, 2016 ยท For clarity and flow I would use the institution's in place of either its or their. their has an odd clumping effect as you intuit. The repetition โ€ฆ Feb 10, 2015 ยท For example, which sentence is correct? The House's minority makes its voices heard. or The House's minority makes their voices heard. Dec 28, 2020 ยท "Their" can have a distributive meaning, so "Most of the employees prefer to eat their lunch at their desk" is the preferred construction.

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