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Bookmark or Share- "Your and my [something]" vs "Yours and my..."It comes back to our old friends, the possessive pronouns (my, our, your, his, her, its, and their), which qualify nouns (my native language), and their independent (aka absolute) forms (mine, ours, yours, his, hers, its, and theirs), which subsume the nouns (mine). If we progressively subsume the noun language:
- Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun ("his" vs. "her" vs ...The "singular they" sounds totally wrong to my ear. But I am conscious of the implicit gender bias our language can have at times. So, I prefer to choose "his" or "her" either at random, or with a bias against the stereotype: use "his" when most people would assume you're talking about a woman; use "her" when most would assume a man.
- Is it correct to use "their" instead of "his or her"?His or her is sounding very contrived, and it is no better to substitute her for him than to have him as the gender neutral pronoun. The use of their is increasingly common and should simply be accepted by grammarians, though it will probably take a century or so before the high and mighty accept this increasingly common usage.
- word choice - Should I use "his/her" or "its"? - English Language ...I've written a lot of software documentation and even authored a few style guides. I would not suggest using his/her throughout the text. In the generic case, refer to the user as "they", which serves as a somewhat suitable gender-neutral pronoun if you use it intermittently.
- When referring to "one", use "his" or "their"? [duplicate]Here's a three-part answer: Don't use 'their'. It is a plural pronoun, and although everyone understands it in this context, it creates an unpleasant tension between the singular 'one' and the plural 'their'. If possible, rewrite the sentence to eliminate the gendered pronoun, either eliminating the need for a pronoun, or using a plural ...
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