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I have written the following sentence in an essay:
There are more jobs in large cities, but in small towns you can live in peace. Which option a person chooses depends, to some extent, on their personality.
Stodgy old prescriptivists will insist that "their" is always plural, and only "his or her" is correct here. If you're not writing for such a person likely to think less of you for such a thing, I would recommend just going with "their," which is briefer and more gender neutral anyway. Read more here.
