A plural subject requires a plural object (lives), accordingly a singular subject requires a singular object (life). They can be used to mean one person or several people, however. So, if your intention is to refer to an individual who lost his or her life whilst saving the lives of more than one others, then the second is correct and the first incorrect. They is singular in this context, so ...
Many individuals lost their individual life. or Many individuals list their individual lives. Each person has one life right?
For sentence one: Look at it like this, 'He loves his life' and 'She loves her life' are obviously correct. Now, when we we say 'People love their _ .', we can mean two things: They love their own lives (separate lives) . They love the life that they are having together or share. Example: 'Software developers love their life' would mean that software developers love the life of software ...
Which is correct: "everyone's life" or "everyone's lives"? I know that when the pronoun everyone is used as a subject, it takes singular verb agreement (as in the sentence "Everyone was there").
What does "Remember me to one who lives there" mean? Ask Question Asked 5 years, 10 months ago Modified 5 years, 10 months ago
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