Re: Gender neutral - any new developments in your neck of the woods?

Subject: Re: Gender neutral - any new developments in your neck of the woods?
From: Paul DuBois <paul -at- kitebird -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:22:30 -0600


> Yep. And here's the article that yes, convinced
> me--thanks to whoever first posted the link on
> Techwr-L.
>
> http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/austheir.html


But the article points out that their-as-singular does not apply
in situations with a strongly-individualized single person.
The example that started this thread seems an instance of that.

>
> Maggie Secara
> ~Lege, lege, aliquid haerebit
>
> --- Dan Glovier <dglovier -at- edline -dot- com> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Is anyone a fan of using "they" as the gender
> > neutral singular pronoun
> > of choice? For example:

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References:
Gender neutral - any new developments in your neck of the woods?: From: Dan Glovier
Re: Gender neutral - any new developments in your neck of the woods?: From: Maggie Pierce Secara

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