“It’s obvious but important: water, water, water! Staying hydrated is the best thing
one can do for their skin.” - Eva Mendes, answering a question about her beauty tips
Eva has made an agreement shift. In the second sentence, she uses the third person plural possessive adjective “their” to refer to the singular pronoun “one.” This error in agreement can be fixed by changing either of these words.
“Staying hydrated is the best thing people can do for their skin.”
This version of Eva’s sentence features the third person plural possessive adjective “their” referring to the plural noun “people.”
“Staying hydrated is the best thing one can do for one’s skin.”
In this version of Eva’s sentence, the singular pronoun “one” agrees in number with its possessive form, “one’s.”
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