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What (who) is their - definition
ENGLISH-LANGUAGE THIRD-PERSON PLURAL, ALSO USED AS A SINGULAR PRONOUN
Their; They (pronoun); Theirs; They're; Them (pronoun); Generic they; They are
their
¦ possessive determiner
1. belonging to or associated with the people or things previously mentioned or easily identified.
2. belonging to or associated with a person of unspecified sex (used in place of either 'his' or 'his or her').
3. (Their) used in titles.
Origin
Usage
Do not confuse their and there. Their means 'belonging to them' (I went to their house) while there means 'in, at, or to that place' (it took an hour to get there).
On the use of their in the singular to mean 'his or her', see usage at they.
their
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
Note: 'Their' is the third person plural possessive determiner.
1.
You use their to indicate that something belongs or relates to the group of people, animals, or things that you are talking about.
Janis and Kurt have announced their engagement...
Horses were poking their heads over their stall doors.
DET
2.
You use their instead of 'his or her' to indicate that something belongs or relates to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman. Some people think this use is incorrect.
Every member will receive their own 'Welcome to Labour' brochure.
DET
Their
·pron & ·adj The possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country.
Wikipedia
They
In Modern English, they is a third-person pronoun relating to a grammatical subject.
Examples of use of their
1. It is their job, their pressure, their responsibility, their joy.
2. People have mixed feelings about their social status, their habits, their religious beliefs, their conscience, their wallets, society, t...
3. Do they focus too much on their appearance, their hair, their shoes, the colour of their dress, their low–pitched voices, at the expense of their achievements?
4. Their preoccupation has cost them their studies, their health and their sanity.
5. Their memory is a blessing _ not just because of their spirit and intelligence, their love and their laughter, their curiosity and their friendship," Blagojevich said.