> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 3:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT STCK question > > 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?
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