I know it's plural, but it is often used when people want a third person singular pronoun which doesn't specify gender. The problem is that no such word exists in English, and I, for one, rather hope that "their" becomes more generally adopted to plug the gap.
Unless a better solution is on offer, of course. I scream, too, at "she". Perhaps we all scream. John On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:34:05 +0100, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
