The singular/indeterminate "their" is attested in English as far back as
modern English goes. We all innately understand this but fight against it
because of our medieval grammarian influence (usually anxious about things
that weren't parallel to Latin - hence our predicate nominative after the
verb "to be.")

--former copyeditor

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Christian Crumlish
I'm writing a book so please forgive any lag
http://designingsocialinterfaces.com
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