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- From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@convex.COM>
- Subject: Re: They (was Re: Shaking people up with "she"? (was Re: Sexist language))
- Originator: tchrist@pixel.convex.com
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- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.063740.282@news.eng.convex.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 06:37:40 GMT
- Reply-To: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
- References: <BzJtDr.D3I@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> <BzMIqJ.3r9@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <BzMuyJ.FyD@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
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- From the keyboard of mmmirash@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mandar M. Mirashi):
- :>Few people object to
- :>"Someone's been eating my porridge, and they've eaten it all up."
- :
- :And few would object to :
- :"Someone's been eating my porridge, and he or she has eaten it all up."
-
- I would -- it sounds ridiculous to my ear to go through such complex
- contortions when 'they' is perfectly fine.
-
- :Both usages are acceptable, though the latter is grammatically correct.
-
- Wrong. 'they' is also grammatically correct. Get a clue, Mandar.
-
- --tom
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- Tom Christiansen tchrist@convex.com convex!tchrist
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- "A witty saying proves nothing."
- -- Voltaire
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