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Technically, [his or her] would be the most grammatically correct term. "Their" is plural, and the subject is singular ("serious progressive rock fan"). I know the 'plural their' is becoming a sort of accepted substitute in today's gender-fluid conscious climate, but I'm not sure that it's technically "correct".

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that "his or her" shit is annoying and tedious, plural their should be 100% accepted for simplicity's sake

This is really important, keep going.

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Language done changed

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"This is really important, keep going."



yep it is thanks for recognizing that

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It's only tedious if the piece in question is constantly referencing the subject via pronoun, over and over. In this case where it's once at the beginning of the review, "his or her" sounds fine and, again, is more correct.

I agree that if it becomes repetitive, especially in close proximity, 'their' reads and registers less clunky.

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nah just say his

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Quit your bickering, ladies

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Thanks Milo.

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"In [one's] private collection"?

I just wouldn t want to offend these sassy ladies x)

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Although lets be honest here...no girl listens to KC, much less owns it in [her] imaginary private collection of albums.



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Hahaha.

Didn’t mean to distract from your review, e. Kudos as always.

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I'm not in my native here and want to learn. Would "one" solve the issue?

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About the grammatically correct terms, I'm not sure. This is even most difficult to someone, like me, in which English isn't the first language. But maybe Deftone is right.

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Oh its fine by me as it is...I wouldn't change a bit...I read "his" as "your" private collection, and just assumed you are a dude...but since the question was on the table, I ask these natives (not indians, mind) if "one" avoids the gender issue, retains the singular form and remains grammatically correct x)

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Yeah. Today it seems be a bit problematic to talk about gender issues. Lol.

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To get "one's" to work, you'd have to rearrange the sentence a bit, because as a possessive pronoun, the first declaration of the subject should agree (that is, it should also be "one"). Something like:



"[One cannot be a] serious progressive rock fan without at least four or five KC albums in [one's] private collection."



This is "technically" okay, but not desirable, as the double use of "one's" sounds awkward and clunky. you could rearrange the sentence to have only a single "one" and it would sound better, something like:



"To be a considered serious progressive rock fan, one's private collection should contain at least four or five KC albums."



Again, that sounds less elegant than the original sentence, which would continue sounding just find if "or her" were added:



"No serious progressive rock fan can be without at least four or five King Crimson’s albums in his [or her] private collection."



Some might balk at the somewhat repetitive use of "or", twice in such a small sentence. Nothing wrong with it grammatically, but if you wanted to sound slightly more elegant, something like this would work:



"No serious progressive rock fan can be without [a handful] King Crimson’s albums in his [or her] private collection."



Again, you could also just use "their" and just about no one in the world would complain. I almost regret pointing it out, but I can never resist a moment of grammatical pedantry. (Sorry about that.) It is customary to not use "their" as a pronoun unless referring to a plural subject, but because of gender identify and fluidity becoming a more sensitive issue, many publications accept the use of "their" as a gender-ambiguous singular pronoun.



After all, language evolves, so it is only a matter of time before "their" is officially amended as an acceptable singular pronoun in a case where gender is unknown or all inclusive. (Hell, it might've been added already for all I know.)



Sorry for taking this train off the rails, gents.

yea

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Wtf is that rate?



Tks a lot tectac..I get it now! Although if you're upset with repeating "one" you should run that DsO interview ahah

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Haha my one? What have I started? I'm so sorry