Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site gatech.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!gatech!brat From: brat@gatech.UUCP (Steven Goldberg) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Replacement for he/she Message-ID: <3800@gatech.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 15:41:16 EST Article-I.D.: gatech.3800 Posted: Mon Feb 6 15:41:16 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 09:02:23 EST References: <367@rayssd.UUCP>, <196@unisoft.UUCP>, <1805@lanl-a.UUCP> Organization: Georgia Tech School of ICS, Atlanta Lines: 15 Using "they" is a bad idea, although it's a widely used word in spoken American English, but it confounds the idea of singular with plural - something we'd always like to get away from doing. It seems people have a hard enough time keeping their subjects agreeing with their verbs. I vote for 'he' (the current rule for this case), or 'one', which is probably best, if sexism is to be totally eliminated(?).... Steven -- Steven Goldberg CSNet: brat@gatech ARPA: brat.gatech@csnet-relay UUCP: ...!{sb1,allegra,ut-ngp}!gatech!brat ...!decvax!duke!mcnc!msdc!gatech!brat