In
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on 01/16/2007
at 07:21 PM, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>BTS (a bit of topic), you know longer have to say 'his(her)',
>'his/her', etc.
I never had to, and I don't.
>A few years ago, an English standard of they (he/she)
>and their (his/her), they, etc. was accepted as inclusive language.
>It looks odd, at first.
The use of "they" as a singular goes back much farther then the PC
nonsense.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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