In a message dated 09/08/2001 9:09:58 Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
<< Actually, according to some grammar experts (I believe William Safire and some others, though I could be wrong about who THEY are), the presumed "politically correct" generic pronoun "their" and "theirs" was used some 200 years ago, and is today considered grammatically correct. Even if it wasn't, I'd still use it. "HE" DOESN'T APPLY TO WOMEN. Nina Colloid >> I have never seen that usage in literature. If so, why was it changed? It's an axiom of proper English that the subject agree with the verb. "Their own self" violates good grammar. His/her works, sounds literate and violates no rule of proper English. -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
