It's plural and an abomination to the English purist. I have used it however, since I'm hardly a purest, unless someone is being hopelessly PC. I remember wanting to scream a few years ago when I was reading something, I can't remember what, where everywhere there should be a "he", the author used "she".
John Forbes wrote: >Interesting. What about "their"? > >John > >On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:26:31 +0100, P. J. Alling ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>In proper English usage, "he" is the non gender specific pronoun, if the >>creature's or person's gender is unknown, (I don't give a damn what the >>PC b******s say). >> >>Roman wrote: >> >> >> >>>On 8/29/06, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>>>http://www.oksne.net/paw/calanoid.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>Wow! He looks small, what sort of length is he ? Lovely shot mate. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Thanks Cotty, I guess it was about 3 mm head to tail. Jostein >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > > -- -- Its easy to understand why the cat has eclipsed the dog as modern America's favorite pet. People like pets to possess the same qualities they do. Cats are irresponsible and recognize no authority, yet are completely dependent on others for their material needs. Cats cannot be made to do anything useful. Cats are mean for the fun of it P. J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
