On 06/12/2007, Lucien GENTIS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In fact, it's not a gender problem ; sentence is : > > "for instance, an individual might have a personal certificate as well > as one for their identity as an employee." > > "their" is plural and agrees with "an individual" who's all alone ; so > "their" could rather be replaced by "his/her"
I believe the use of their to mean a singular unspecified gender person is common and accepted, as in: each to their own. Although I can see your logic, I think the rule you're applying here is somewhere outdated. -- noodl --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
