On Thu, 28 Jan 2010, pamail.cgi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
The following was sent from the Editor's Companion form From: Jan Charv?t <ch.honza@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: 13:08:14 on Thursday, January 28, 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (er) 03tcok 244: their desperate cries -> its desperate cries ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oooh. This is an interesting one. The antecedent is "someone or something". If "someone" is the more important part of the antecedent, it should be left as-is, but if "something" is the more important part, it should be changed to "its".
My gut instinct is to make agreement with "someone" and leave as-is, but only because "someone" comes first. Is there an official rule of English grammar on this?
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