The nature of wizards
Mark-Jason Dominus
mjd at saul.cis.upenn.edu
Fri Oct 19 06:41:49 AEST 1990
In article <1882 at calmasd.Prime.COM> gdh at calmasd.Prime.COM (Gerald Hall) writes:
Like it or not, the proper gender-unspecified singular pronoun is "they".
Various 'grammar fascists' have tried to suppress this usage over the
years by insisting that it is plural...
It may be worth noting that this usage is well-established.
The Grammar Fascists have been after us to stop using it
for five hundred (!) years.
(Ref.: Oxford English Dictionary, 1st Ed.)
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In some sense a stochastic process can do better; at least it has a chance.
Mark-Jason Dominus mjd at central.cis.upenn.edu
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