Our linguistic tradition is using "his" in such an instance.
Using "their" is incorrect, excepting the few who have more interest in being politically correct over grammatically correct. Others who opt for the "his or her" bit are grammatically correct but sound very contrived and cumbersome in speech and writing.
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This is not a new thing. There has been every possible stance and probabilities have been mentioned here which will further allow students to bring around all those possible details which they must needed to observe. Oh Celeste, bless you, that cracked me up. I was reading this post with such committed interest and then got to your comment and spat out my coffee!
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I guess I'm a dork! Won't it depend on the gender of the speaker?
Or will it depend on the gender of the person the idiom is being called upon upon. Think of it as ironical or polar opposite or just plain stupid.
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To Each Their Own. Posted by Snarky at 2: Meghann Smith December 11, at 7: Dave July 1, at 2: Hello, According to you, is there any difference of meaning between: Each to their own.
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Aristide , Nov 29, New Zealand English and Mandarin Chinese. Well, let's hope this doesn't break down into gender-pronoun debates, but I will stick with 'he'. To each his own is an idiom of sorts. On its own it has no meaning, but all in all it means: With that said, Each to his own doesn't mean anything of the sort. As for what james said, I agree. It means that each person should be allowed to have his own preference in something.
to each his own / each to his own
It talks about an action of some kind, such as "and they retired for the night, each to his own room" or "the boxers separated at the sound of the bell, each returning to his own corner. It wouldn't communicate anything specific to me without further context. JamesM , Nov 30, I found this on the web usingenglish. In American English, 'Each to his own' is more common. And I also found this somewhere else: As for the reason why I asked my question: It was a conversation about girls in mini-skirts. Someone said it was surprising that some guys appeared to prefer country girls in jeans and big woolen sweaters.
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The phrase "each to his own" came up. In this context, I think it meant something like "it takes all tastes". However, I wondered if it was not a mistake, as I am used to hear "to each his own". When I hear "to each his own", I can guess the end of the sentence: