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From: geoff@ism780c.UUCP (Geoff Kimbrough)
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Subject: Re: Grammar and Spelling on the Net
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Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 15:31:07 EST
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Diane Holt sez:
>> If a person can't take the time to learn their own language,

and Dana Nau sez:
>  Correct usage would have been "If a person can't take the time to learn
>his/her own language ..."
 ^^^^^^^
  Dana, YOU'VE *GOT* TO BE KIDDING.  Tell you what, show both versions of
the sentence to the head of your English department.  You're a CS major,
and (I happen to know) Diane has a degree in English, go argue about
computer languages if you must, but leave english grammer to the
experts.