Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!wombat From: wombat@uicsl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Replacement for he/she - (nf) Message-ID: <5549@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Feb-84 22:47:24 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5549 Posted: Sat Feb 11 22:47:24 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Feb-84 03:57:33 EST Lines: 9 #R:rayssd:-36700:uicsl:8600040:000:298 uicsl!wombat Feb 10 11:22:00 1984 Many people think there is a reason to change. I've felt left out for too long already. I used to prefer the s/he constructions, but it seems like the they/them/their forms are being used more and more in conversation, so, although they look funny in writing at first, I've switched. Wombat