Their vs Xyr - What's the difference?
their | xyr |
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 5, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
, title= * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title=
* 1594 , Shakespeare, William, The Comedy of Errors , act IV, scene 3, line 1172:
*
* {{quote-book
, year = 2007
, first = J. K.
, last = Rowling
, authorlink = J. K. Rowling
, title = (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
, location = (quoted edition: London
, publisher=Bloomsbury, 2008
, isbn = 978 0 7475 9586 1
, page = 93)
, passage = ‘I mean ... if somebody made a mistake,’ Harry went on, ‘and let something slip, I know they didn’t mean to do it. It’s not their fault,’ he repeated, again a little louder than he would usually have spoken.
}}
*
(nonstandard, possessive) Belonging to xe, their (singular).
* {{quote-newsgroup
, date = 1993-09-14
, first = Jim
, last = Sinclair
, title = Re: Jim and Steve's snoring discussion
, newsgroup = bit.listserv.autism
, id = AUTISM%93091417074261@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU
, url = https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups!msg/bit.listserv.autism/2pyrOMzt_nQ/5J-RU5P3hnIJ
, passage = Telepathy would require that you share the other person's knowledge of xyr own mind, which in turn requires recognizing that xe is actually aware of what xe's thinking, which is incompatible with psychiatry.
}}
* {{quote-newsgroup
, date = 1999-04-28
, first = Dagmar
, last = Alpen
, title = Re: Think of a small tribe of people...
, newsgroup = talk.politics.libertarian
, id = 7g74qb$8sq$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de
, url = https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups!msg/talk.politics.libertarian/Wxi8N4PwnW0/yRrhhmYAGygJ
, passage = Now full ownership in the modern sense... implies four rights of the owner: 1. The right to decide what xe does with xyr' property; 2. the right to decide what others do with ' xyr property;
}}
* {{quote-newsgroup
, date = 2010-11-05
, title = Re: Spam in the group.
, first = Kevin G.
, last = Rhoads
, newsgroup = openwatcom.users.fortran
, id = 4CD469A3.3985E10C@alum.mit.edu
, url = https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups!msg/openwatcom.users.fortran/Nd89_KSP95w/jA5HuVToEPcJ
, passage = There's no central authority, and each server administrator owns xyr' own server sets '''xyr''' own policy. Each server administrator sets ' xyr own policy for honouring cancel messages, too.
}}
The form of xe used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc; similar usage to him/her.
* {{quote-newsgroup
, date = 1996-09-12
, title = Re: Intelligent Women are an endangered Species
, first = Thomas
, last = Russo
, newsgroup = soc.singles
, id = RUSSO.96Sep12163146@slug.swcp.com
, url = https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups!msg/soc.singles/MOAZWN7J184/NnuIL8s-UUQJ
, passage = As far as I'm concerned the constitution should be re-written so that anyone capable of being elected is ushered into a hidden room upon inauguration, where a secret panel of the Illuminati (preferably one chaired by me) beat xyr' to death with blunt instruments and replace ' xyr by a Stepford Politician.
}}
Xyr is a synonym of their.
As a determiner their
is Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).As a pronoun xyr is
belonging to xe, their singular. Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with {{term|his and {{term|her}}.}.their
English
Determiner
Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool, passage=For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.}}
The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}
- There's not a man I meet but doth salute me
As if I were their well-acquainted friend
Usage notes
* Regarding the use of singular their , see they . * Distinguish “their'” from “there” and “they’re”. “'''Their ” signifies ownership. “There” designates a place (compare ''here ). “They’re” means “they are”. * This word is an exception of the "I before E, except after C" rule, as the combination of "ei" in the middle of the word is not after a "c".See also
(English personal pronouns)xyr
English
(wikipedia xyr)Pronoun
(English Pronouns)- This is xyr book.
- Give it to xyr'' (''after preposition )
- I wrote xyr an e-mail'' (''indirect object )
- I haven't met xyr'' (''direct object )