RE: Gender Neutral Pronouns

From: Miriam English (miriam@werple.net.au)
Date: Mon Mar 04 2002 - 16:08:04 MST


At 05:13 AM 05/03/2002, Colin Hales wrote:

>"I taught him/her to think for himself/herself yesterday but when I asked
>him/her he/she had forgotten" becomes
>"I taught lem to think for leirself yesterday but when I asked lem ley had
>forgotten"
>(note the new 'i before e except after c and possibly l?' :) The technical
>term for this whole thing is, I think, Yuck).

What is wrong with:
I taught them to think for theirself yesterday but when I asked them they
had forgotten.
????

Cheers,

         - Miriam

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