Vincent Bray a écrit :
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.
Yes Yes, but "each" implies there are several persons, so use of "their"
is more obvious in your example.
So, let's wait for english speaking people's opinion.
Although I can see your logic, I think the rule you're applying here
is somewhere outdated.
You know, I'm soon 53 :-)
