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<div>To me, it’s not a great sentence in any case, but the each/their doesn’t bother me much. Although there is clearly some incongruity, it does follow a certain logic in that “each” implies there’s a bigger group somewhere. It may be appropriate when being
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 5:10 PM<br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [Editors] Lunch and Syntax!<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’ve been told that statements such as “Each.. their arrangements” has become commonplace. I still think it sounds illogical. How about something like “All participants are
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 22, 2015 4:19 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Editors] Fwd: Lunch and Syntax!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Patricia M Foley <<a href="mailto:pfoley@mit.edu">pfoley@mit.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Subject: Lunch and Syntax!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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</b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">January 20, 2015 at 2:35:17 PM EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi Patti,<br>
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I found a sentence that illustrates my question to the editor: “Each makes their own travel arrangements.” <br>
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My old-school self would say his or her instead of their: but I think usage has overtaken that old rule?<br>
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All best,<br>
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