RE: News on the pronoun front/pronouns on the news

Subject: RE: News on the pronoun front/pronouns on the news
From: "Douglas S. Bailey (AL)" <dbailey -at- commandalkon -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 10:49:42 -0500

> The speaker of that quote seems to be ambivalent on the whole issue.
> Apparently, he/she supports using "their" but not "they."

He/she supports using "them" as well, eh?

> "Whoever is elected President of Peru, he or she will have their work
> cut out for them."


--Doug

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