Re: English Grammar (Re: French Grammar)

[brian_jones@ajc.com]

In article <199601251550.AA00799@world.std.com>, mas@world.std.com (Mark
A. Semich) goes:


> Actually, singular, indeterminate "they" usage dates back to at least  

I've been working up some justifications for going to "they" which are
only nominally related to fairness in language, usually along the lines
of:

Girls' Health class teacher: "If everyone will pick up his brassiere we'll
be learning how to put them on." 

or something...

> 
> (Follow-up to alt.english.usage.flame :-) )
> 
how about a new group: alt.off.charter.flame


> ObKaTe: I couldn't have made a worst move.

Tell my mother...dee a dum dum doh...
Tell my father...
How much I love him or her...

-- 
"I got in touch with my sensitive feminine side...now I can be a *real* bitch."

"Hmmm...I always knew David Bowie would marry a man...er...Iman."