On 12 June 2015 at 18:10, Paul Gilmartin < [email protected]> wrote:
> On 2015-06-12 15:57, J O Skip Robinson wrote: > > I suggest that anyone matriculating at a US university not try to get > away with 'they is' on a placement exam. (S)he will find theirself in > Bonehead English. > > > And yet, "A person who uses that construct should know that they are > destined for Bonehead English" grates equally. "Person ... are"!? > Where did the singular slip to plural? There's a 2013 article on Language Log that covers some of this. And the many comments -- to say nothing of the linked articles -- cover yet more. http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4482 Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
