The Deadly Four: Lt, Lts, ‘hey, ‘Uheir The most common pronoun mistakes involve third person personal pronouns~the singular it and its possessive its, and the plural they and its possessive their. Whenever you see one of these four pronouns, you should stop and make sure that it agrees in aumber with its antecedent. Their is the possessive form of the plural pronoun they, so their can only refer to a plu- ‘al subject. Unfortunately, in everyday speech their is used incorrectly as the sossessive of singular subjects. Incorrect: When the person calls take down THEIR information, Correct: When the person calls, take down HIS information. OR Correct: When the people call, take down THEIR information. The antecedent person is singular so it requires the singular pronoun his or her, not the slural pronoun their. If one changes the antecedent to the plural people, one can use the lural pronoun their. Incorrect: Everyone here will need THEIR own pencil. Correct: Everyone here will need HIS own penci The antecedent everyone is singular (see Subject-Verb Agreement). Therefore it