On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 10:19 AM, James G. Sack (jim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Brown wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 09:09:38AM -0800, Brad Beyenhof wrote: > > > >> I was under the impression (don't know if I ever heard it in an > >> educational setting) that "their" had become the gender-neutral > >> singular pronoun... kind of like how "sie" in German can be "she," > >> "you," or "they" depending on context and capitalization. So it's not > >> that "everyone" is treated as plural, it's that "their" is treated as > >> singular. > > Strictly sprechen, isn't "sie" used for "she" or "they", and "Sie" > (capitalized) used for "you" (singular or plural)?
That's whay I said "depending on context and capitalization." "Sie" is only for the singular formal "you;" informal is "du," plural is "ihr." -- Brad Beyenhof http://augmentedfourth.com I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. ~ Galileo Galilei, astronomer and physicist (1564-1642) -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
