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Incorrect Every boy on the team must try their best if they want their team
to win.

Correct Every boy on the team must try his best if he wants his team to
win.

The boys on the team must try their best if they want to win.
Incorrect A nursing student must study hard if they want to succeed.

Correct A nursing student must study hard if he or she wants to succeed.

Nursing students must study hard if they want to succeed.

Incorrect Joan and Jim moved to the mountains, where he or she
built a cabin

Correct Joan and Jim moved to the mountains, where they built
a cabin.
Singular The committee granted its permission,

Plural The committee put their signatures on the

document.
MASCULINE FEMININE
HE SHE
HIS HER
HIM HERS
Incorrect A student should hand his papers promptly.

Correct A student should hand his or her papers promptly.

Students should hand their papers in promptly.

Student should hand papers in promptly.

Incorrect If a person wants to succeed in corporate life, you have to know the
rules of the game.

Correct If a person wants to succeed in corporate life, he or she has to

know the rules of the game.

If you want to succeed in corporate life, you have to know the rules
of the game.