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Subject: Re: Replacement for he/she - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 13-Feb-84 12:17:30 EST
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iuvax!brennan    Feb 12 21:41:00 1984

gatech!brat said:
> Using "they" is a bad idea, ..., ... it confounds the idea of singular
> with plural - something we'd always like to get away from doing.

"you" already confounds this idea.  "they" still conjugates as a plural;
it just does not, necessarily, refer to a plural.  And, as rayssd!asa said,
"all" can be added to specify the plural if needed.

alberta!james said:
> If we actually want to eliminate sexism in language, I recommend that
> we eliminate one of two sets of words entirely from the english language:
>   1) he, his, man, Mr, him, etc...
>   2) she, her, hers, woman, Miss, Mrs, Ms, etc...

We need to eliminate *both* sets!

Jeff Brennan	...!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!brennan