Timeline for why is "their" the wrong usage in this sentence?
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| Sep 12, 2012 at 13:18 | comment | added | Tim Lymington | @Mechanicalsnail; true, but here there would only be a distinction if every modern family had the same counterpart. | |
| Sep 12, 2012 at 4:59 | comment | added | Mechanical snail | Wait. 'Their' should agree with its referent, not with the NP it heads. | |
| Sep 11, 2012 at 23:24 | comment | added | Colin Fine | Next you'll be telling us that there's something wrong with "Everybody raise their hand!" | |
| Sep 11, 2012 at 19:43 | history | answered | Tim Lymington | CC BY-SA 3.0 |