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| 1. his/her is better. 2. 'at hand' = which (the task) he/she faces, IMO. |
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:58 am Use "their" instead of "his/her" |
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Thanks a lot, Haihao :)
I'd also like to know some native speakers' ideas
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:18 am Use "their" instead of "his/her" |
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Now I don't know who to believe (+_+)
Believe them all. Some prefer the prescriptive approach to grammar and others the descriptive. All, "his", "his/her" and "their", are used - the traditionalists prefer "his" in such contexts. You have to decide which you prefer in which context. |
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| #5 (permalink) Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:31 am Use "their" instead of "his/her" |
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| And "his/her" is for nit-picker's usage. :) |
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| #6 (permalink) Mon Jun 16, 2008 17:23 pm Use "their" instead of "his/her" |
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| What about "one must give one's complete attention to"? |
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| #7 (permalink) Mon Jun 16, 2008 23:10 pm Use "their" instead of "his/her" |
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| nessie wrote: |
For successful completion of this excercise, one must give his complete attention to the task at hand
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I would agree with Barb here; "one" has its own possessive, "one's", which may explain why "his" is underlined. I would myself say "in hand", rather than "at hand" ("in progress" or "to be done"); but perhaps other forms of English would use the latter.
It seems to be redundant in either case, since "this exercise" has already focused on "the task". So you might say:
1. For successful completion of this exercise, one must give it one's complete attention.
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| #8 (permalink) Mon Jun 16, 2008 23:20 pm Use "their" instead of "his/her" |
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| other forms of English would use the latter. |
Other forms apart from?
And how about this?
For successful completion of this exercise, one must give it complete attention. |
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