Could you correct this paragraph please?

[learning54]

Hi teachers,
Could you correct this paragraph please?
The person is in the station bar buying some drinks.
Robert: Oh my God!! The train is leaving the station! My bag and my jacket are on the train and my train ticket is in my jacket pocket. I have got little money in my pants pocket, and where amI?

Thanks in advance

 

[englishhobby]

Sorry, I am not a native speaker, but what are you using "where am I" in this context for? I think it doesn't make sense...

 

[Barb_D]

I've got almost no money on me, and I don't even know where I am!

(What kind of person leaves their bag and jacket unattended on a train? A very trusting one, I guess.)

 

[Rover_KE]

I wondered that, too, englishhobby.

He just needs to look at the station name-board.

Rover

 

[learning54]

I've got almost no money on me, and I don't even know where I am!

(What kind of person leaves their bag and jacket unattended on a train? A very trusting one, I guess.)

Hi,
Thank you for your reply. The thing is that he is traveling with two more people, in fact two girls. The girls were thirsty and there wasn't a snack car on that train. So he went off the train to buy them a couple of drinks. That's why he left his jacket and bag on the train.
What kind of person leaves [STRIKE]their [/STRIKE] (shouldn't it be 'his') bag and jacket unattended on a train?

 

[learning54]

Sorry, I am not a native speaker, but what are you using "where am I" in this context for? I think it doesn't make sense...

Hi,
Thank you for you reply.

Just to be a little bit funny. The character of the story is quite calamitous. That's why.

Best,
L54

 

[learning54]

I wondered that, too, englishhobby.

He just needs to look at the station name-board.

Rover

Hi,
Thank you for you reply.

Just to be a little bit funny. The character of the story is quite calamitous. That's why.

Best,
L54

 

[5jj]

What kind of person leaves [STRIKE]their [/STRIKE] (shouldn't it be 'his') bag and jacket unattended on a train?

'Their' is commonly used these days in sentences such as this.

 

[learning54]

'Their' is commonly used these days in sentences such as this.

Hi,
Thank you for your reply. I really didn't know it. It doesn't make sense to me.

Best,
L54

 

[5jj]

These days we frequently use 'they'/'them'/'their' in preference to 'he or she'/'him or her'/his or her'. This was once considered sub-standard, but is now becoming more and more accepted. Indeed, the idea of using 'they' to refer to one person is now so common, that the emphtic/reflexive pronoun 'themself' is appearing.