Brad Beyenhof wrote: > 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."
Sorry, I didn't read very carefully, did I. > > "Sie" is only for the singular formal "you;" informal is "du," plural is > "ihr." > This seems pretty nice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_pronouns tschüss, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
