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If one of the antecedents joined by or or nor is singular and one is plural, the pronoun is made to agree with the closer antecedent.
Neither the employer nor his employees were ready for their [not his] trip.
(From Write for Business, 2nd ed., page 325, and Proofreader's Guide PDF, page 75)
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