I have read an article about Plural They and now I have a question struggling in my mind.
Consider the following sentences:
Each child played with their parent.
Every client got a care package delivered to them.
May I use the pronoun "it" or "it's" in place of "they" or "theirs" like the following ones?
Each child played with it's parent.
Every client got a care package delivered to it.
If it's possible, Isn't it uncommon or odd, somehow?
Best Answer
English has personal and non-personal pronouns.
It is a non-personal pronoun and sounds dehumanizing when you use it to refer to something that's a person. It is used for objects and animals that aren't pets.
This is what you want to say for this sentence.
This would be OK if the client is not a person--for example, if it's a company and you're talking about delivering packages to their front desk to give to the rest of the company.
So this is awkward because them refers to a group of things but every client refers to each individual X in a group of things. You should reword the sentence this way: