The nature of wizards

[Mark-Jason Dominus]

In article <1882 at calmasd.Prime.COM> gdh at calmasd.Prime.COM (Gerald Hall) writes:
   Like it or not, the proper gender-unspecified singular pronoun is "they".
   Various 'grammar fascists' have tried to suppress this usage over the
   years by insisting that it is plural...

It may be worth noting that this usage is well-established.
The Grammar Fascists have been after us to stop using it
for five hundred (!) years.

(Ref.:  Oxford English Dictionary, 1st Ed.)
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Mark-Jason Dominus 	  			    mjd at central.cis.upenn.edu