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Grammar con: What is this sentence saying?
Posted on 11/5/19 at 10:42 am
Posted on 11/5/19 at 10:42 am
‘Everyone has their passports.’
Each individual in a group of people has a passport.
or
Each individual in a group of people has multiple passports.
or
Something else?
Each individual in a group of people has a passport.
or
Each individual in a group of people has multiple passports.
or
Something else?
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Posted on 11/5/19 at 10:43 am to weagle99
quote:
Each individual in a group of people has multiple passports
Posted on 11/5/19 at 10:43 am to weagle99
I refuse to help you get your GED.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 10:44 am to weagle99
Daylight savings time.... 
This post was edited on 11/5/19 at 10:45 am
Posted on 11/5/19 at 10:44 am to weagle99
Some people have some things.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 10:44 am to weagle99
All the members of a group have passports that belong to some other people.
This post was edited on 11/5/19 at 10:47 am
Posted on 11/5/19 at 10:45 am to weagle99
A single individual that identifies as “Everyone” has other people’s passports.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 10:45 am to weagle99
quote:
Each individual in a group of people has a passport.
Would be "Everyone has their passport."
Posted on 11/5/19 at 10:47 am to weagle99
3.50
Posted on 11/5/19 at 10:48 am to weagle99
quote:
Each individual in a group of people has multiple passports.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 10:49 am to weagle99
quote:Lotsa Honda small SUV owners?
Everyone has their passports.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 10:49 am to Box Geauxrilla
quote:
Would be "Everyone has their passport."
Prior to mental illness being widely accepted, it was "Everyone has his or her passport."
Posted on 11/5/19 at 10:53 am to weagle99
C. Get back to work, lunch period doesn't start until noon.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 11:39 am to weagle99
quote:
‘Everyone has their passports.’
With "everyone" and "passports" both being plural it means all individuals in the group have all of their passports (inferring that at least some of the members- if not all- of the group have multiple passports).
Posted on 11/5/19 at 12:25 pm to weagle99
quote:
‘Everyone has their passports.’
This is grammatically incorrect. "Everyone" is singular. The correct pronoun should be "his or her."
So...
Everyone has his or her passport.
Now, literal meaning? Each individual has a group's passports. For instance, "Everyone" could be a room full of TSA agents that has a group of travelers' passports.
My head hurts.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 12:26 pm to Bard
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With "everyone" and "passports" both being plural
Everyone is singular.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 12:30 pm to weagle99
Where are they going?
Posted on 11/5/19 at 12:43 pm to weagle99
multiple passports I believe. It's essentially saying "Each person has their own passports".
Posted on 11/5/19 at 1:03 pm to weagle99
Does a straw have one hole or two
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