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? asked in Education & ReferenceHomework Help · 9 years ago

Grammar help (Again)?

Sorry answerer of Yahoo, but I have another grammar question.

Is this sentence correct?

"Marie or Tonya will bring her CD player to the party."

I'm not sure if the pronoun is "her" or their. Can someone please explain the rule to me? Thank you very much.

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  • Joe
    9 years ago
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    This is a big one on ACTs and SATs, too; consistency. In this case, the pronoun doesn't reflect the nouns used prior - you have "Maria or Tonya", multiple people, but "her" is singular. "Their" is the proper pronoun.

    Source(s): SAT and ACT tutor and instructor, English teacher
  • kelliegirl33
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    I believe you are correct. If the word was " and " instead of " or ", then you would use their.

  • Emma
    9 years ago

    With the fact that "or" is used, it would be "their"

  • ?
    9 years ago

    since your talking about the possibility of either girls its "theirs".

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  • ?
    9 years ago

    their

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