Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
May 1408:30 AM PDT
-09:30 AM PDT
Most GMAT test-takers are intimidated by the hardest GMAT Verbal questions. In this session, Target Test Prep GMAT instructor Erika Tyler-John, a 100th percentile GMAT scorer, will show you how top scorers break down challenging Verbal questions..
May 1212:00 PM EDT
-11:59 PM EDT
Make the most of your break with the most realistic GMAT™ prep. Take up to $700 off select products.- Jun 10
06:00 AM PDT
-06:15 PM PDT
Register for the GMAT Club Virtual MBA Spotlight Fair – the world’s premier event for serious MBA candidates. This is your chance to hear directly from Admissions Directors at nearly every Top 30 MBA program..
24 Apr 2023, 10:10
Kudos
Bookmarks
I am doing TTP, and it is saying that "Everyone has their own problems" is wrong and that, instead, it should be one of the following:
Everyone has his own problems.
Everyone has her own problems.
Everyone has his or her own problems.
Obviously, in the modern era, no one would ever (in a million years) say any three of these options. The generally accepted version is, without a doubt, "Everyone has their own problems." The English language is very fluid, and I think it's fair to say that, today, "their" can be either singular or plural when there is uncertainty about gender. What does the GMAT say?
It's surprising that TTP doesn't address this, but I am assuming it is an older lesson.
Everyone has his own problems.
Everyone has her own problems.
Everyone has his or her own problems.
Obviously, in the modern era, no one would ever (in a million years) say any three of these options. The generally accepted version is, without a doubt, "Everyone has their own problems." The English language is very fluid, and I think it's fair to say that, today, "their" can be either singular or plural when there is uncertainty about gender. What does the GMAT say?
It's surprising that TTP doesn't address this, but I am assuming it is an older lesson.
24 Apr 2023, 13:58
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi Onsight.
I think that the GMAT will avoid that issue by not having whether "their" can be singular matter for determining whether a choice is incorrect or correct.
That said, it's still important know that "everyone" is singular. So, "everyone is" or "everyone has" is correct
I think that the GMAT will avoid that issue by not having whether "their" can be singular matter for determining whether a choice is incorrect or correct.
That said, it's still important know that "everyone" is singular. So, "everyone is" or "everyone has" is correct
24 Apr 2023, 14:00
Kudos
Bookmarks
Interesting catch. GMAT tries to be politically correct but obviously some questions span across years or decades. I have also observed many of the GMAT questions taken from publications or a text or an article which may help avoid taking the heat or the blame. But it is a different time with different pronouns… 😬
Posted from my mobile device
Posted from my mobile device
