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From: jbs@mit-eddie.UUCP (Jeff Siegal)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.nlang
Subject: Re: Grammar and Spelling on the Net
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Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 05:26:28 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 24 05:26:28 1986
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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,
>>                                                         ^^^^^
>> I am reminded of a parable which mentions stones and glass houses.
>> 				Anthony Albert
>
>The marked words are perfectly correct as used.  Would you perhaps have
>preferred "they're" [they are] or "there" [where?] ...
>

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