Hi to all I was wondering if someone could answer my question from this sample sentence from an essay I have wrote for English comp one. Just like there are many flavors and colors, people have different opinions of what they like or dislike when he or she reads a book, magazine, newspaper, or essay. I would like to know if I am using the proper plural nouns by using people, they, and he or she. Thank you all for your help.
"They" is correct, while "he or she" is not. If you're going to use a plural noun like "people", you need to use third-person plural pronouns in your sentence when referring to that same noun.
You are mixing number (singular vs plural) within the same sentence to refer to the same subject. Not okay.
As others have said: "people" = plural, "they" = plural, "he or she" = singular. The "he or she" should be "they" again. You might have been confused by the fact that "they" has long also been used as a singular pronoun for a person of unspecified gender, although some regard that usage as an error. That's excluded in this case, though, because "people" is definitely plural.
