Bedford Handbook

13-1 Shifts: Person and Number
Using pronouns, (such as we, are, they, them, us) the writer needs to stay within the same point of view. Keep the sentence singular or plural.

Examples:

Every year I go to the beach, and they find a new species!

This is not correct, the writer should have said,
Every year I go to the beach, and I find a new species!
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My rabbit loves to eat, but they don't like carrots.

This is not correct, the writer should have said,
My rabbit loves to eat, but he doesn't like carrots.
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When babies have hunger, it cries a lot.

This is not correct, the writer should have said,
When babies have hunger, they cry a lot.



Never use "you" to describe anyone in general.

Example:

When we drove through the city, you began see lots of homeless people.

This is not correct, the writer should have said,
When we drove through the city, we began to see lots of homeless people.