On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 08:37:42AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am sorry to burst that bubble, but do you care to centest that argument > with my english teacher? > > "they" is a plural non-gender pronoun. When writing in formal english, it > is required thatspecific formal pronouns be used. E.G. "The President will > be ........ (blablabla). He will also... (blablabla)". One thing that IS
> I say everybody is too paranoid. Who cares what it looks like? Do Then why post this? If you like, I will ask an English teacher I know, my mother. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
