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From: michaelm@bcsaic.UUCP (michael maxwell)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.nlang
Subject: Re: Grammar and Spelling on the Net
Message-ID: <463@bcsaic.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 26-Feb-86 12:17:10 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 26 12:17:10 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 3-Mar-86 01:44:36 EST
References: <235@pttesac.UUCP> <33100034@ISM780.UUCP> <658@frog.UUCP> <11949@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <407@utastro.UUCP>
Reply-To: michaelm@bcsaic.UUCP (michael maxwell)
Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle
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In article <407@utastro.UUCP> nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) writes:
>In article <11949@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, albert@kim.berkeley.edu.BERKELEY.EDU (Anthony &) writes:
>> >In article <33100034@ISM780.UUCP> dianeh@ISM780.UUCP writes:
>> >>any validity their statements might otherwise have. I suppose one of the
>>                ^^^^^ ?!?
>> >>one another. If a person can't take the time to learn their own language,
>>                                                         ^^^^^
>
>The marked words are perfectly correct as used.  Would you perhaps have
>preferred "they're" [they are] or "there" [where?] ...
>
We'd probably prefer that he spell "their" as "his" or "his/hers."
-- 
Mike Maxwell
Boeing Artificial Intelligence Center
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