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Andy Heffernan
nichiren at glyph.UUCP
Thu Jul 13 13:18:29 AEST 1989
In article <215 at unmvax.unm.edu> mike at unmvax.cs.unm.edu (Michael I. Bushnell) writes:
>
> A Handy Guide To English Grammar
>
> (Original Version)
>
[...]
>Modern usage:
[...]
> They is used with singular meaning to indicate
> indifference with repect to the gender of the referent. In all cases,
> however, the original conjugations are tied to the pronoun used (grammatical
> number and person) not the meaning of the sentence (actual number and
> person). For example, "When a teacher speaks, they speak clearly."
Modern usage or not, that's just plain bad grammar.
(But we dasn't offend the ladies!)
'a teacher' --> 'he speaks' | 'she speaks' | 'it speaks'
..grind..grind..grind..
Next issue:
Giant Bill the Cat poster. Hang it on walls.
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