Timeline for why is "their" the wrong usage in this sentence?
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| Sep 12, 2012 at 14:11 | history | edited | FumbleFingers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 12, 2012 at 2:47 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @Mechanical snail: Yeah, but I suspect these (admittedly few) instances of "the family took its place" are more US than UK. | |
| Sep 12, 2012 at 2:27 | comment | added | Mechanical snail | Interesting. Plural use of group nouns is hardly restricted to British English. That last example ("The family took their places") is a case where it's quite natural in AmE. | |
| Sep 11, 2012 at 23:58 | history | edited | FumbleFingers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 11, 2012 at 23:25 | history | answered | FumbleFingers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |