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Subject:Re: use of he/she/they From:David Dvorkin <dvorkin -at- BOLIX -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 12 Aug 1997 14:19:50 -0600
Sella Rush wrote:
>But as we've discussed before, english is changing (rules are relaxing?)
>and some of those changes have to do with gender awareness. Personally,
One sees the use of "they" with a singular antecedent in older novels. I noticed it in a Trollope novel.
Of course, I immediately vowed never to read another Trollope novel. The vow takes effect as soon as I've finished all the ones in existence.
David Dvorkin
Qualix Group
Boulder Development Ctr. mailto:dvorkin -at- bolix -dot- com
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