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“Theirs” vs. “their’s” [closed]
Which of the following two sentences is correct?
Your grammar is terrible, but you insult people for theirs?
Your grammar is terrible, but you insult people for their’s?
What would be correct ...
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What is the correct usage for I'm a girl in my early twenties?
Which is grammatically correct?
I am a girl in my early twenties.
or
I am a girl in her early twenties.
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What's the right possessive pronoun for “nobody”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a correct gender-neutral, singular pronoun (“his” versus “her” versus “their”)?
None as plural indefinite pronoun
Should ...
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“Your and my [something]” vs “Yours and my…”
Prompted by comments against this question, I'd like some help figuring out why some people (myself included) prefer yours over the apparently more logical/grammatically consistent your in this kind ...
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Why do we say “of mine/of his” instead of “of me/of him”?
He's a friend of mine.
That's a car of his.
Why do we use the possessive when the meaning would be the same while not using it (e.g. a friend of me and a car of him)? I thought maybe it is ...
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“My wife and I's seafood collaboration dinner”
I just stumbled upon a Reddit post titled:
My wife and I's seafood collaboration dinner. How does it look?
Sure enough, the top comment immediately points out that it should be "my wife's and ...
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Is there a correct gender-neutral, singular pronoun (“his” versus “her” versus “their”)?
Is there a pronoun I can use as a gender-neutral pronoun?
Each student should save his questions until the end.
Each student should save her questions until the end.
