Something funny about this sentence

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TwoClever/½  #167205  Wed, 07 Dec 05 09:22 AM

Hi

Could you please check what's wrong with the following sentence?

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Mister Micawber  #167267  Wed, 07 Dec 05 01:50 PM

I don't see any serious problem.  Their is questionable as the pronoun referring to the singular anyone, but his or her is more and more considered hypercorrect, while his alone is sexist, so their is more and more accepted as the pronoun for a personal referrent of unknown sex.  The best solution is probably to change anyone to learners.

  
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TwoClever/½  #168041  Fri, 09 Dec 05 12:58 PM

 Thank you Mister Micawber. I've changed the text as suggested.

 

  
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