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| aysr Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5642 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: English, Korean* Studies: Spanish, Japanese | Message 9 of 10 14 June 2009 at 10:08pm | IP Logged |
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Hi JAr-ptitsa! ^^
In your sentence, all three of them can work. His/her depends on which gender the person happens to be. But if you want to stay neutral, 'his' or 'their' can work fine. To use 'his' seems a little outdated, but when I'm writing a formal paper I use it anyway. 'His' sounds stilted if you use it in normal conversation or in speech, though. I would use 'his' in formal papers only, and use 'their' in everyday situations. I hope this helped a little! -aysr. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jar-ptitsa Triglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 5897 days ago 980 posts - 1006 votes  Speaks: French*, Dutch, German | Message 10 of 10 28 June 2009 at 2:08pm | IP Logged |
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Hi everyone who replied!!
Thank you very much for all the extremely useful and helpful infos !!!! therefore: formal "his" informal "their"  Edited by Jar-ptitsa on 28 June 2009 at 2:13pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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