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68 Anybody else who have only themselves in view.—. (has...himself)

Ce n'est que le premier pas qui coûte, in novel-writing as in carrying one's head in their hand.—S. . (one's...one's)

The feelings' of the parent upon committing the cherished object of their cares and affections to the stormy sea of life.—S. . (his)

But he never allowed one to feel their own deficiencies, for he never appeared to be aware of them himself.—S. . (one's)

A difference of opinion which leaves each free to act according to their own feelings.—S. . (his)

Suppose each of us try our hands at it.—S. . (tries his hand; or, if all of us are women, tries her hand)

Everybody is discontented with their lot in life.—. (his)

4. Other mistakes involving number made with such pro-nominals, or with nouns collective, personified, or abstract.

No man can read Scott without being more of a public man, whereas the ordinary novel tends to make its readers rather less of one than before.—.

And so each of his portraits are not only a 'piece of history', but...—.

Le Roman d'un Spahi, Azidayé and Rarahu each contains the history of a love affair.— H..

He manages to interest us in the men, who each in turn wishes to engineer Richard Baldock's future.—Westminster Gazette.

When each is appended in apposition to a plural subject, it should stand after the verb, or auxiliary, which should be plural; read here, contain each, wish each in turn (or, each of whom wishes in turn).

As the leading maritime nation in the world and dependent wholly on the supremacy of our fleet to maintain this position, everyone is virtually bound to accord some measure of aid to an association whose time and talents are devoted to ensuring this important object.—Times.

Every one is indeed a host in himself, if he is the leading maritime nation.

It is not Japan's interests to allow negotiations to drag on once their armies are ready to deliver the final blow.—Times.

The personification of Japan must be kept up by her.