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From: idallen@watmath.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.women
Subject: Re: Gender-specific responses to s/he
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Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 01:25:49 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 14 01:25:49 1985
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Reply-To: idallen@watmath.UUCP (Ian! D. Allen)
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Summary: NOT "perfectly all right to use they with singular antecedent"

>Despite popular belief, there is nothing wrong with using "they" with
>a singular antecedent.
You'll never edit any of *my* writing.  I enjoy some of the pedantic
rules of English, and I would hope that any person with your education
and background would find their sentiments in accord.  Who(m)ever they is.
-- 
        -IAN!  (Ian! D. Allen)      University of Waterloo