Because he though he was writing to a photography mailing list, and did not know he was writting an essay that was going to be graded on grammar rather than content?

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Jon Glass wrote:
On Dec 8, 2004, at 11:36 PM, Jon Glass wrote:

I thought a purist drank "his" coffee black. (A purist also uses the proper non-gender specific pronoun in English as well).

Actually, that was the joke... but as I understand English, a purist would stick to the historical understanding of the English language, and not allow his language to be "trendy" either...

My mistake! I didn't realize I had used "their." That's not my normal practice.... Sorry I misunderstood your statement!!! (still pondering why he used "their" instead of "his"...)



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