Neither of the students could find (his, their) notes from last week’s seminar

Would it be "their" because "students" is plural ?

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Neither of the students could find (his, their) notes from last week’s seminar

Would it be "their" because "students" is plural ?

goalieboy · Answer

yes it would be

anonymous · Answer

It would be "their" because we dont know if the students are all boys or not and because it is also plural.

bookworm14 · Answer

Neither is singular which would make the correct option "his", but students is plural which would make it "their" so this is why i am confused

bookworm14 · Answer

Thanks yall! ~Bree

bookworm14 · Answer

@goalieboy  @Xbeast  Oh my goodness, I did not realize I was posting in the History section xD I am sorry

anonymous · Answer

no worries.

goalieboy · Answer

it is ok

bookworm14 · Answer

The correct answer here was "his", because *like I though earlier* Neither is singular, so the pronoun had to be singular.