Re: OT: Latin subject-verb agreement
| From: | David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 13, 2007, 21:39 |
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Gary wrote:
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Lately I've heard "they" used a lot as a gender-neutral replacement
for "he",
"she", or the awkward "he/she", or "he or she".
E.g: "When a player is ready, he or she will serve the ball."
Becomes: "When a player is ready, they will serve the ball."
>>
Interested parties (including the remaining prescriptivists) can
see my short write-up of this phenomenon here:
<http://dedalvs.free.fr/guide/search_english.php?word=17>
Note that is definitely opinion territory.
-David
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