Everybody has their own principles

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Date: Monday, 24.01.2011, 09:44 | Message # 1

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Dear Netters!
Since English is rather a politically correct langauge, its grammar system reflects this tendency.
When you want to say that all people have their own problems or interests but you want to use the pronoun 'everybody/everyone', don't use the word'his'. It is politically incorrect. Modern usage prefers 'their' or the double use of 'his or her'. E.g.:
- Everybody must do their own work in time.
- Everyone hopes that his/her opinions are good.
The first tendency os to use 'their'.
So, the sentence below contains the mistake:
"Everybody has his own way of thinking...'