Re: This or These Personnel?

Subject: Re: This or These Personnel?
From: John Hedtke <john -at- hedtke -dot- com>
To: "V. Camgros" <camgros -at- mindspring -dot- com>, "Hales-Crotchett,Nicole" <nicole -dot- hales-crotchett -at- lmco -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:30:21 -0800

I agree--I'd tend to sidestep the issue with the grammatically
slightly-incorrect-but-generally-accepted "they."

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At 10:27 AM 12/13/2007, V. Camgros wrote:
>Perhaps I am missing a subtlety here. What's wrong with "they"?
>
>Select personnel will work on this effort. They will assist with the testing.
>
>?????
>regards,
>Vickie

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