Apr 11, 2019ย ยท The general rule is that, when talking about things, you use its for singular and their for plural. There is one exception relating to their, for which the Oxford Dictionary defines two usages: of โ€ฆ

Jan 1, 2016ย ยท For clarity and flow I would use the institution's in place of either its or their. their has an odd clumping effect as you intuit. its could also refer to the model's "particular size and other โ€ฆ

Oct 21, 2023ย ยท Without context, "their" refers to "no one" which is singular, the choose 1. However,in the text preceding the sentence, there may be a group of people with "lives", then 2.

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