From a newspaper article:
"their freshmen year"
This sentence concerns two people. Had it concerned one person, the correct phrase would have been "his/her freshman year." It's about two, so let's pluralize both words: "their freshmen years."
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2 comments:
To me, "their freshmen years" sounds like they are going to be a freshmen for more than one year.
True. Maybe "their freshman year" would sound better.
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