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Framing of a sentence
The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results Are In
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 17/18, 2019 at 00:00UTC (8:00pm US/Eastern)Help me get vs help me to getHow can this sentence be reworded?Grammatical structure of this complex sentenceWant to know the components in a sentence, clause, and phraseIs it acceptable to start an emphatic sentence with “It is he who…”?Should this sentence use the word “one” or “you”?Is “Hello, World!” a sentence?as - as sentenceIs “my problem solved” Correct?Opposite of 'Lion's share'
.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__bot-mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0;
I just want to know whether the below-constructed sentence is correct or not? If not, then what will be the correct form? One more question: which pronoun is apt at the end of the sentence?
Either Varun or any other member of the group Schitzengiggles mentioned this in one of his/their video.
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I just want to know whether the below-constructed sentence is correct or not? If not, then what will be the correct form? One more question: which pronoun is apt at the end of the sentence?
Either Varun or any other member of the group Schitzengiggles mentioned this in one of his/their video.
syntactic-analysis
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The pronoun depends on whose video it is. Is it his video or their video?
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I just want to know whether the below-constructed sentence is correct or not? If not, then what will be the correct form? One more question: which pronoun is apt at the end of the sentence?
Either Varun or any other member of the group Schitzengiggles mentioned this in one of his/their video.
syntactic-analysis
edited 3 hours ago
Artyom Lugovoy
2421314
asked 3 hours ago
Kartik ChauhanKartik Chauhan
114
I just want to know whether the below-constructed sentence is correct or not? If not, then what will be the correct form? One more question: which pronoun is apt at the end of the sentence?
Either Varun or any other member of the group Schitzengiggles mentioned this in one of his/their video.
syntactic-analysis
syntactic-analysis
edited 3 hours ago
Artyom Lugovoy
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asked 3 hours ago
Kartik ChauhanKartik Chauhan
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edited 3 hours ago
Artyom Lugovoy
2421314
asked 3 hours ago
Kartik ChauhanKartik Chauhan
114
edited 3 hours ago
Artyom Lugovoy
2421314
edited 3 hours ago
Artyom Lugovoy
2421314
edited 3 hours ago
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asked 3 hours ago
Kartik ChauhanKartik Chauhan
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The pronoun depends on whose video it is. Is it his video or their video?
– James Random
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The pronoun depends on whose video it is. Is it his video or their video?
– James Random
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The pronoun depends on whose video it is. Is it his video or their video?
– James Random
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The pronoun depends on whose video it is. Is it his video or their video?
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In my opinion, it's the "any" that sounds weird to me. I would probably say one of
"Either Varun or some other member of the group Schitzengiggles mentioned this in one of [his or her/their] videos."
"Either Varun or another member of the group Schitzengiggles mentioned this in one of [his or her/their] videos."
"Either Varun or a different member of the group Schitzengiggles mentioned this in one of [his or her/their] videos."
If you're going to say "one of" then you need to pluralize video to videos. Whether you use "his or her," "their," or just "his" depends on what you mean. You have to decide, for your sentence, who owns the videos. Is it Varun/the other member, or the collective Schitzengigggles? If you want to convey that the video is owned by an individual in the Schitzengiggles, then you ought to use "his or her." You could get away with just "his" in most informal contexts but be aware that it may not be received well in all cultural contexts unless it is known that all members of the Schitzengiggles are male. If the videos are considered to be owned by the collective Schitzengiggles, then you would use "their."
Optionally, you could also omit the word "group" as it doesn't add much value to the sentence and therefore only serves to make the sentence more clunky. Saying "member of the" is enough to indicate that the following noun is a collection. I would only leave "group" in the sentence if you have not yet introduced the Schitzengiggles or if there are multiple entities named "the Schitzengiggles" (i.e. an individual with that name and a group with that name) and "group" distinguishes to which you refer.
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In my opinion, it's the "any" that sounds weird to me. I would probably say one of
"Either Varun or some other member of the group Schitzengiggles mentioned this in one of [his or her/their] videos."
"Either Varun or another member of the group Schitzengiggles mentioned this in one of [his or her/their] videos."
"Either Varun or a different member of the group Schitzengiggles mentioned this in one of [his or her/their] videos."
If you're going to say "one of" then you need to pluralize video to videos. Whether you use "his or her," "their," or just "his" depends on what you mean. You have to decide, for your sentence, who owns the videos. Is it Varun/the other member, or the collective Schitzengigggles? If you want to convey that the video is owned by an individual in the Schitzengiggles, then you ought to use "his or her." You could get away with just "his" in most informal contexts but be aware that it may not be received well in all cultural contexts unless it is known that all members of the Schitzengiggles are male. If the videos are considered to be owned by the collective Schitzengiggles, then you would use "their."
Optionally, you could also omit the word "group" as it doesn't add much value to the sentence and therefore only serves to make the sentence more clunky. Saying "member of the" is enough to indicate that the following noun is a collection. I would only leave "group" in the sentence if you have not yet introduced the Schitzengiggles or if there are multiple entities named "the Schitzengiggles" (i.e. an individual with that name and a group with that name) and "group" distinguishes to which you refer.
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In my opinion, it's the "any" that sounds weird to me. I would probably say one of
"Either Varun or some other member of the group Schitzengiggles mentioned this in one of [his or her/their] videos."
"Either Varun or another member of the group Schitzengiggles mentioned this in one of [his or her/their] videos."
"Either Varun or a different member of the group Schitzengiggles mentioned this in one of [his or her/their] videos."
If you're going to say "one of" then you need to pluralize video to videos. Whether you use "his or her," "their," or just "his" depends on what you mean. You have to decide, for your sentence, who owns the videos. Is it Varun/the other member, or the collective Schitzengigggles? If you want to convey that the video is owned by an individual in the Schitzengiggles, then you ought to use "his or her." You could get away with just "his" in most informal contexts but be aware that it may not be received well in all cultural contexts unless it is known that all members of the Schitzengiggles are male. If the videos are considered to be owned by the collective Schitzengiggles, then you would use "their."
Optionally, you could also omit the word "group" as it doesn't add much value to the sentence and therefore only serves to make the sentence more clunky. Saying "member of the" is enough to indicate that the following noun is a collection. I would only leave "group" in the sentence if you have not yet introduced the Schitzengiggles or if there are multiple entities named "the Schitzengiggles" (i.e. an individual with that name and a group with that name) and "group" distinguishes to which you refer.
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In my opinion, it's the "any" that sounds weird to me. I would probably say one of
"Either Varun or some other member of the group Schitzengiggles mentioned this in one of [his or her/their] videos."
"Either Varun or another member of the group Schitzengiggles mentioned this in one of [his or her/their] videos."
"Either Varun or a different member of the group Schitzengiggles mentioned this in one of [his or her/their] videos."
If you're going to say "one of" then you need to pluralize video to videos. Whether you use "his or her," "their," or just "his" depends on what you mean. You have to decide, for your sentence, who owns the videos. Is it Varun/the other member, or the collective Schitzengigggles? If you want to convey that the video is owned by an individual in the Schitzengiggles, then you ought to use "his or her." You could get away with just "his" in most informal contexts but be aware that it may not be received well in all cultural contexts unless it is known that all members of the Schitzengiggles are male. If the videos are considered to be owned by the collective Schitzengiggles, then you would use "their."
Optionally, you could also omit the word "group" as it doesn't add much value to the sentence and therefore only serves to make the sentence more clunky. Saying "member of the" is enough to indicate that the following noun is a collection. I would only leave "group" in the sentence if you have not yet introduced the Schitzengiggles or if there are multiple entities named "the Schitzengiggles" (i.e. an individual with that name and a group with that name) and "group" distinguishes to which you refer.
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In my opinion, it's the "any" that sounds weird to me. I would probably say one of
"Either Varun or some other member of the group Schitzengiggles mentioned this in one of [his or her/their] videos."
"Either Varun or another member of the group Schitzengiggles mentioned this in one of [his or her/their] videos."
"Either Varun or a different member of the group Schitzengiggles mentioned this in one of [his or her/their] videos."
If you're going to say "one of" then you need to pluralize video to videos. Whether you use "his or her," "their," or just "his" depends on what you mean. You have to decide, for your sentence, who owns the videos. Is it Varun/the other member, or the collective Schitzengigggles? If you want to convey that the video is owned by an individual in the Schitzengiggles, then you ought to use "his or her." You could get away with just "his" in most informal contexts but be aware that it may not be received well in all cultural contexts unless it is known that all members of the Schitzengiggles are male. If the videos are considered to be owned by the collective Schitzengiggles, then you would use "their."
Optionally, you could also omit the word "group" as it doesn't add much value to the sentence and therefore only serves to make the sentence more clunky. Saying "member of the" is enough to indicate that the following noun is a collection. I would only leave "group" in the sentence if you have not yet introduced the Schitzengiggles or if there are multiple entities named "the Schitzengiggles" (i.e. an individual with that name and a group with that name) and "group" distinguishes to which you refer.
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The pronoun depends on whose video it is. Is it his video or their video?
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