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From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: 'he' vs 'they' vs 'one'; a third opinion
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Date: Thu, 9-May-85 20:11:54 EDT
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> Y'know, I don't believe that the people who want to use ``their'' and ``them''
> as a singular forms are really serious.

Not serious?  Well, believe what you will.

>                                          If you want to change the language
> by casting the word as a gender-neutral singular, then please use it in a
> singular context:
> 
> 		The firefighter put down their axe and grabbed the
> 		hose.
> 
> 		When you see the cleaner, tell them that they has to
> 		do the next hall, too.
>
> 	from Mole End			Mark Terribile

Why?  There is precedent for having singular/plural mixed.  Which do
you prefer:

	I'm a lover, not a fighter.  Which is you?

	I'm a lover, not a fighter.  Which are you?

-- 
Ed Gould		    mt Xinu, 2910 Seventh St., Berkeley, CA  94710  USA
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