One thing I know: when in doubt, Strunk & White, Bill Bryson and the AP
Style manual ALL may be trumped by a single editor.
Roger B.A. Klorese wrote:
> Craig Froehle wrote:
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>> On 6/1/07, Jeffrey Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>> On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:29:00 -0500 Alli said:
>>> What if I don't know the person is a "he"?
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>> Doesn't matter. If unknown or known to be a male, use "his."
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>> Strunk & White know all.
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/The erasure of a human subspecies is largely painless -- to us -- if we
know little enough about it. A dead Chinaman is of little import to us
whose awareness of things Chinese is bounded by an occasional dish of
chow mein. We grieve only for what we know./
A Sand County Almanac, /Aldo Leopold, July 1949/
