Everyone who comes to the party is given a wooden apple with _____ own names cut in it as a souvenir.
a. his b. her c. their d. our
C,right? why?
As suggested in the Oxford Dictionary, “c” is a ‘gender-neutral’ solution; it is recommended to use “the plural pronouns ‘they’, ‘them’, ‘their’ etc., despite the fact that, technically, they are referring back to a singular noun:
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