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Subject:Re: use of he/she/they (it?) From:Scott Browne <sbrowne -at- UNICOMP -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 12 Aug 1997 15:27:43 -0600
Except in a few cases when the project I'm working on is *very* formal,
or when I *know* the audience won't like it, I usually use:
s/h/it
This shows my own frustration with this structure dilemma and it
usually gets a smile out of the reader.
(For the record, those few cases I mentioned above where I don't do
this I usually write so singular pronouns aren't needed. But I prefer
using the s/h/it construction) :>
Scott
sbrowne -at- unicomp -dot- net
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