Its or their?

[minnesota]

Hi. Can you tell me that, which one is correct ? its or their?
None of the accounts were in (its/their) original folder.

Thank you

 

[MikeNewYork]

Their.

 

[Rover_KE]

Alternatively: 'None of the accounts was in its original folder'.

 

[MikeNewYork]

That sounds odd to me.

 

[teechar]

Hi. Can you tell me [STRIKE]that,[/STRIKE] which one is correct, [STRIKE]?[/STRIKE] "its" or "their?"

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[minnesota]

At last, I need to answer to the question.

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Originally Posted by minnesota
Hi. Can you tell me that, which one is correct, ? "its" or "their?"

 

[MikeNewYork]

Just posting this because the title of this thread keeps showing up as new.

 

[teechar]

It did that (prior to Mike's post) with me too!

 

[minnesota]

I posted it to Teechar.

Just posting this because the title of this thread keeps showing up as new.

I found its answer, "their" is not correct answer, it is "its", While the verb of the sentence is "were",but I don't know why?.

Just posting this because the title of this thread keeps showing up as new.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Where did you find "the" answer? For me, ''their" is the correct answer.

 

[minnesota]

I asked it from my English teacher in the college, and her answer was: "None" is an indefinite pronoun and is always singular - "accounts" is the object of the preposition. Look up indefinite pronouns – they are very interesting.

 

[Matthew Wai]

"None" is an indefinite pronoun and is always singular

'A common misconception is that none must always be treated as singular. '
── quoted from http://www.grammarmudge.cityslide.com/articles/article/1026513/9903.htm

Not a teacher.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Minnesota, I am afraid I have to disagree with your English teacher. Many scholars and language resources do also.

 

[Tdol]

I agree with Mike. To use its, you would need to use a singular verb as Rover_KE suggested, though I prefer the plural verb and their​. It is definitely not true in British English that none is always singular.