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Bookmark or Share- genderless pronouns - Each person have or has? And about "it ...Each person has his own way ... Each person has his or her own way ... Each person has her 1 own way ... Each person has their own way ... When I was young, Each person has his ... was common. Then, the preferred usage changed to Each person has his or her ... and later Each person has her 1.... Nowadays, singular they is also acceptable.
- "Each person's car" vs. "each persons' car" [closed][DP each person [DP 's car]]. This matches other languages (like German) nicely where the genitive is still represented by a "full" word. This also lets you get away with wild things like: "[the man who lives over by the field and has red hair]'s car has four wheels."
- Should "each" be followed by a singular or plural possessive?Each other is singular, so the correct possessive is each other's. Edit: I found some controversy on this on the web because each other implies that there are multiple people involved, hence people think it is plural and should be written each others'. This, however, is wrong as each is always singular.
- The difference between per person and each person'Each person' is commonly used as a subject. Eg: Each person must pay $50. But 'per person' is used as an 'object'. Eg: It costs $50 per person. "It costs $50 each person" is not correct usage. "It costs $50 for each person (to go on the trip)" or rather "It will cost each person $50 (to go on the trip)".
- "Everyone has their own stories" vs "Everyone has their own story ..."Everyone has their own story" means "Each person has his or her own story" while "Everyone has their own stories" means "Each person has many stories." An individual person can have many things, and a group can collectively have one thing, so the object doesn't have to match the subject: "Dan has many cats," "They own a boat," "Carl's children ...
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