indefinite pronoun

Indefinite pronouns enable us to refer to any one, any two, several, or all in a group or class of persons or things or ideas. Examples include: all, another, anyone, each, someone, everybody, none, others. Some of the pronouns have possessive forms (someone's, everybody's). Some don't: There's no possessive of none, for example. Unlike the personal pronouns, the indefinite pronouns form their possessives by adding “apostrophe ‑s.” Only one has a plural form (others). In formal settings, all indefinite pronouns ending in ‑one or ‑body are singular. You should therefore use singular verbs. And, in formal settings, when referring back to them, you should use singular pronouns.

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Thus:

Wrong

Everybody is entitled to their own opinion. (One day, even highly literate Americans will regard this usage as correct.)

Right

Everybody is entitled to his own opinion. (But watch out for charges of sexism.)

Everybody is entitled to her own opinion. (Ditto.)

Everybody is entitled to his or her own opinion. (A tongue-twister, which Katie Couric used on her debut on CBS Evening News in September 2006.)