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From: mat@mtx5b.UUCP (Mark Terribile)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: 'he' vs 'they' vs 'one'; a third opinion
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Date: Tue, 14-May-85 18:52:21 EDT
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On the use of ``their'' as a singular, replying to an article in which I
said that if ``their'' is used as a singular form, we should use it in a
singular context:

>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
>{ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed   +1 415 644 0146

For your crimes, you are sentenced to study net.nlang.fundementals for six
months!  The singular ``you'' is a second person pronoun and takes a SINGULAR
SECOND PERSON ``are''.

Clear?
-- 

	from Mole End			Mark Terribile
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