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From: ps@celerity.UUCP (Pat Shanahan)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: A Small Victory; Not at All
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Date: Mon, 1-Apr-85 17:48:58 EST
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> ...
> For someone who wants, nonetheless, to identify "he" with "male", I don't
> see why Marcel's suggestion of using "one" isn't adequate -- makes for a
> somewhat constrained style of expression, perhaps, but certainly a whole
> lot more palatable than, say, "they is ...".
> -- 
> Saumya Debray
> SUNY at Stony Brook
> 
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> 	CSNet: debray@sbcs

Do you know anyone who says "they is ..."? Do they also use "you art" when
addressing one person? I use "you are ...". When I use "they" to replace
"he/she" I say "they are ..".

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	ps
	(Pat Shanahan)
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