Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!glyph!nichiren
From: nichiren@glyph.UUCP (Andy Heffernan)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.test
Subject: Re: TEST
Message-ID: <465@glyph.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jul 89 03:18:29 GMT
References: <215@unmvax.unm.edu>
Reply-To: nichiren@glyph.UUCP (Andy Heffernan)
Organization: Glyph UNIX, Kingston, NY
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In article <215@unmvax.unm.edu> mike@unmvax.cs.unm.edu (Michael I. Bushnell) writes:
>
>	A Handy Guide To English Grammar
>
>	      (Original Version)
>
		[...]
>Modern usage:
		[...]
>                         They is used with singular meaning to indicate 
>   indifference with repect to the gender of the referent.  In all cases, 
>   however, the original conjugations are tied to the pronoun used (grammatical
>   number and person) not the meaning of the sentence (actual number and 
>   person).  For example, "When a teacher speaks, they speak clearly."

Modern usage or not, that's just plain bad grammar.
(But we dasn't offend the ladies!)

'a teacher' --> 'he speaks' | 'she speaks' | 'it speaks'

..grind..grind..grind..

Next issue:
	Giant Bill the Cat poster.  Hang it on walls.

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