atw: How can one person be a 'they'?

From: hedley_finger@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:31:51 +1100

Quite easily.  This usage goes back at least to the 1500s and has been 
used more recently by many eminent writers (Doris Lessing springs 
immediately to mind).  So this is not some artsy-fartsy new-fangled 
politically correct conspiracy to undermine all right-thinking 
troglodytes.
--
Hedley Finger
Technical Communications Support Specialist
MYOB Australia <http://www.myob.com.au/>
P.O. box 371   Blackburn VIC 3130   Australia
12 Wesley Court   Tally Ho Business Park   East Burwood VIC 3151 Australia
<mailto:hedley_finger [at] myob [dot] com [dot] au>
Tel. +61 3 9222 9992 x 7421,   Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558
(C) MYOB Limited 2003

**************************************************
To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to 
austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to 
austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field.

To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 
"unsubscribe" in the Subject field.

To search the austechwriter archives, go to 
www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter

To contact the list administrator, send a message to 
austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
**************************************************

References:

atw: Re: ?Correct Postnominal representations in Australia?
From: Brian Clarke

atw: How can one person be a 'they'?

Other related posts: