Re: use of he/she/they

Subject: Re: use of he/she/they
From: Paul Baechler <bachp -at- HIWAAY -dot- NET>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 01:19:38 -0600

On 8/12/97 2:39 PM Sella Rush wrote:

>"The consulting firm in charge of this project must have their personnel
>in place by January." (but simply removing the pronoun solves the
>problem!)

"The consulting firm in charge of this project must have its personnel in
place by January." (Simply using the proper pronoun solves the problem!)



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