[SeekAndFind]

RE: What’s wrong with that sentence? Why the [sic]? I’m not seeing it, it looks correct to me

“The patient” is singular, “their” is plural.

[Norseman]

Yes, but liberals now refuse to use the generic “his” in a sentence like that. They also realize that “his/her” and “his or her” is cumbersome. Generally, if they want to be grammatically accurate, they fall back on “her.”

[jurroppi1]

doesn't "the patient along with their doctor" create a plurality? I don't believe it would be necessary to create a plurality though since "their" in the context above is used determinitively. Their is also a determiner: their /T͟Her/ Learn to pronounce determiner possesive pronoun: their; possesive pronoun: Their; determiner: Their 1. belonging to or associated with the people or things previously mentioned or easily identified. "her taunts had lost their power to touch him" I don't know, I'm no English major/guru, but I wondered why the [sic] was there as well.