I'm wondering which one would be grammatically correct. I think both make sense, however, I do think that one is grammatical and the other isn't.
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Sign up to join this communityI'm wondering which one would be grammatically correct. I think both make sense, however, I do think that one is grammatical and the other isn't.
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adjective pertaining individually or severally to each of a number of persons, things, etc.; particular: I will now discuss the respective merits of the candidates.
I believe you need to tell us what is owned
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meaning two or more people own it (singular)
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Meaning each picture was owned or copyrighted by a different person
The expression is normally used as
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UPDATE My suggestions were doubted by Janus who posted
“He inherited his shyness and temper from his respective parents”
sounds downright bizarre to me, while“They inherited their shyness and temper from their respective parents”
sounds perfectly fine.
If I nGram "his respective parents" I get
1830: should for the time being be entitled to the actual freehold of the estate so to be charged in possession or in remainder expectant on his respective parents decease
1940: the chief incidence of his jealousy is, of course, partly determined by the biological sex of the child; but it is also in no small measure determined by the state of his emotional relationships with his respective parents.
2008: and each child was interviewed separately with his respective parents
2010: André, with a German-speaking mother and English-speaking father, was spoken to in each language by his respective parents
Here is its:
In principle, each federal ministry prepares regulatory proposals within its respective competence