Shana
Hi! What's the difference of using "their bodies' needs" in this sentence? Would it be a grammatical mistake here? (I was doing the dictation, and I used "bodies" wrongly compared with the provided audio text.)
29 Thg 07 2023 07:02
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The question isn't very clear. The difference between using which two things? "Their bodies' needs" is not a mistake. It means the needs of their bodies. Is this what you wrote or what the official transcript said?
29 tháng 7 năm 2023
"Every person" is singular, so the correct way to say it is "every person needs to consider his/her/their body's needs" "Their" is acceptable because it is sometimes used as a substitute for "his or her" but it is still singular because of "every person". "Their bodies' needs" is not always a mistake but it is a mistake in this particular instance. The thing that makes it a mistake is that the transcript says "every person". That means you are talking about just one person (at a time). Since one person has only one body, you cannot say "bodies". If you said "all people" instead of "every person" the analysis would change.
29 tháng 7 năm 2023
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