Sage-Tips

Is their grammatically correct?

Singular they is the use in English of the pronoun they or its inflected or derivative forms, them, their, theirs, and themselves (or themself), as an epicene (gender-neutral) singular pronoun. It typically occurs with an unspecified antecedent, in sentences such as: “Somebody left their umbrella in the office.

Is his or her grammatically correct?

The same his–her problem arises frequently when the subject of the sentence is everyone, as in: Everyone should bring his or her warmest clothing. The sentence is correct, but awkward. Unfortunately, everyone is singular, so it would be incorrect to change his or her to their.

Can you say them instead of him her?

Yes, “Has anybody brought a phone with them” is perfectly correct in modern English. The use of “them” instead of “him/her” is to avoid sexist use of language. Now, imagine allso that you were talking to a group of people, and you don’t know if the one who brought a phone was a male or a female.

Is his or her singular or plural?

Pronouns: personal (I, me, you, him, it, they, etc.)

subject	object	number
he	him	singular
she	her	singular
it	it	singular
we	us	plural

Is his/her correct?

“His/her” is not grammatically correct. It is a shorthand which used in a kind of abbreviated dialect of English that is found in instruction manuals and such. A conjunction is required: his or her. The user can determine his or her name.

Should I use them or him her?

It is grammatically correct in English to use “him” instead of “them” in your example sentences that do not have a determined sex in their subject, and as this excludes over 50\% of the population people have begun to use “them” as a substitute.

Is it his or her or his her?

Why Do People Dislike a Singular “They” or “Their”?

Person	Subjective Case	Possessive Case Possessive Adjective
Third Person Singular	he/she/it	his/her/its
First Person Plural	we	our
Second Person Plural	you	your
Third Person Plural	they	their