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16 Mar 2016, 14:08
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Hello All and specially experts
I have a question regarding the usage of the possessive pronouns its, which refers to recipients mentioned in the quoted para below: Since the word its refers to recipients, shouldn't it be a plural possessive pronoun like their or its refers to each recipient instead?
"Since the first successful transplant was performed in the United States in the 1954, a series problem faced by transplant recipients has been the possibilities that its own body will try to reject or destroy the transplant."
I really appreciate your help?
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I have a question regarding the usage of the possessive pronouns its, which refers to recipients mentioned in the quoted para below: Since the word its refers to recipients, shouldn't it be a plural possessive pronoun like their or its refers to each recipient instead?
"Since the first successful transplant was performed in the United States in the 1954, a series problem faced by transplant recipients has been the possibilities that its own body will try to reject or destroy the transplant."
I really appreciate your help?
push to infinity and beyond
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16 Mar 2016, 21:03
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Hi Heseraj,
This statement is incorrect in the way that you have written. The usage of its is incorrect here.
Since "recipients" is plural, we need "their"
It would be better if you post the full question.
26 Mar 2016, 14:57
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You're correct, its is ungrammatical in this sentence. It looks plural, since it's a noun that ends in an 's', and generally in English that signifies that a noun is plural. But in the case of pronouns, things are a little different. 'It' pronouns ('it' and 'its') can only ever refer to grammatically singular nouns. 'They' pronouns ('they', 'them', and 'their') can only ever refer to grammatically plural nouns. As Janielle points out, the only reasonable noun that the pronoun can refer to is 'recipients', which is plural. So, only a 'they' pronoun (or altering the sentence to avoid using a pronoun altogether) will give a correct answer.
