Sure: "They". Is that what you meant? --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313
/* I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," &c., but some vain thing immediately followed. Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action.... -Ben Franklin, from the introduction to his autobiography (http://earlyamerica.com/lives/franklin/) */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2022 16:10 > Ok. Example: "Every person does what they wants to." Do you see anything plural there? --- On Thu, 9 Jun 2022 15:55:45 -0400, Bob Bridges wrote: >I don't mind alternating "he" and "she" in both speech and writing, but I >decline to use a plural noun with a singular word. [I mean "verb".] Except >when I forget, of course. >-----Original Message----- >From: Paul Gilmartin >Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2022 12:13 > >Am I perverse? When I grudgingly bow to Political Correctness and use "they" >as a gender-neutral singular pronoun, I use a singular verb with it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
