"Everyone has their passport"
I understand that everyone/everybody is grammatically singular and notionally plural but I don't understand theobject (passport). Why does it have to be singular?
"Everyone has (singular) their (plural?) passport (singular)".
Personally I'd like to say "passports". I know it's wrong but I don't understand why should I say "their passport". Because obviously there has to be more than one passport, so why not say it like that?
"They don't have all of their passports." Now suddenly we have plural. Or do we? I'm confused. I did read carefully the Wikipedia article about Singular They but in my opinion it's too focused on the gender-neutral aspect and I couldn't figure out the answer to my question.
Sorry for the silly question.
I understand that everyone/everybody is grammatically singular and notionally plural but I don't understand theobject (passport). Why does it have to be singular?
"Everyone has (singular) their (plural?) passport (singular)".
Personally I'd like to say "passports". I know it's wrong but I don't understand why should I say "their passport". Because obviously there has to be more than one passport, so why not say it like that?
"They don't have all of their passports." Now suddenly we have plural. Or do we? I'm confused. I did read carefully the Wikipedia article about Singular They but in my opinion it's too focused on the gender-neutral aspect and I couldn't figure out the answer to my question.
Sorry for the silly question.
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