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From: nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather)
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Subject: Re: Grammar and Spelling on the Net
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Date: Sun, 2-Mar-86 15:59:34 EST
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In article <8@mit-eddie.UUCP>, jbs@mit-eddie.UUCP (Jeff Siegal) writes:
> Wrong.  The marked words are plaural pronouns.  In each sentence, the
> subject is singualar.  The correct pronoun is "his," although some would
> argue for "his/her."
> Jeff Siegal - MIT EECS

They would lose the argument.

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Ed Nather
Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin
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