At 08:59 PM 12/10/98 -0500, Roger Fajman wrote: >I and a number of other people like to use "they" instead of "he" or >"she" when the gender is not known. I know it's not gramatically >correct, but it will become accepted eventually if enough people use >the word that way. It has the advantage of already being the plural >form. The same thing can be done with "their" in place of "his" or >"hers". Ah, well......just two more steps to the further bastardization of the language.....and good luck to the future English teachers who try to teach agreement.... cheers dan -- Dan Lester, 3577 East Pecan, Boise, ID 83716-7115 USA 208-383-0165 [log in to unmask] http://www.84.com/ http://www.idaholibraries.org/ http://library.boisestate.edu/ http://cyclops.boisestate.edu/ http://www.lili.org/ Sent me a postcard of a library yet?