When will the SAT acknowledge, as most style guides have (including MLA) that "they" is now generally accepted as a singular pronoun when gender reference is irrelevant? Example: "A good writer should edit their work carefully." This is far more readable than the awkward "A good writer should edit his or her work carefully." (Of course, a good writer IRL would probably make "writer" plural to avoid the problem in the first place, but still.)

Like most things in life, the SAT is generally resistant to change. If you have a grievance with them, don't try to fight the system, be part of the solution.

while vertical farming techniques are much more efficient in its use of water. Here the underlined word is its the reason why it ismodified to "their" is because of the plural form - techniques am i correct ?

never mind its pretty much obvious its-singular pronoun and their- plural pronoun

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lisa.b.marshall
Posted 2 years ago. Direct link to lisa.b.marshall's post “When will the SAT acknowl...”
When will the SAT acknowledge, as most style guides have (including MLA) that "they" is now generally accepted as a singular pronoun when gender reference is irrelevant? Example: "A good writer should edit their work carefully." This is far more readable than the awkward "A good writer should edit his or her work carefully." (Of course, a good writer IRL would probably make "writer" plural to avoid the problem in the first place, but still.)
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- vikas
  Posted 2 years ago. Direct link to vikas's post “Like most things in life,...”
  Like most things in life, the SAT is generally resistant to change. If you have a grievance with them, don't try to fight the system, be part of the solution.
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Pritha Sharma
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while vertical farming techniques are much more efficient in its use of water.
Here the underlined word is its the reason why it ismodified to "their" is because of the plural form - techniques am i correct ?
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- Pritha Sharma
  Posted 2 years ago. Direct link to Pritha Sharma's post “never mind its pretty muc...”
  never mind its pretty much obvious
  its-singular pronoun and their- plural pronoun
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