they, their, them. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993

Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993.

they, their, them (prons.)


They is the nominative case plural personal pronoun; their is the possessive or genitive plural; them is the objective or accusative plural. See AGREEMENT OF INDEFINITE PRONOUNS AND OTHER SINGULAR NOMINALS WITH VERBS AND OTHER PRONOUNS; GENERIC PRONOUNS; GENERIC THIRD PERSON MASCULINE SINGULAR PRONOUN; HE; INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE; PERSONAL PRONOUNS; SEXIST LANGUAGE; THEIRS.	1