[lit-ideas] Re: grades & kleenex
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 17:30:29 -0700
on 5/6/04 5:17 PM, Judith Evans at judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I said the teacher's words were
>
> "an attempt, albeit flawed, to cope with the problem." and
>
> "'They' third person singular is perfectly acceptable, and not only of
> late."
>
> That you read this as an endorsement of
>
>> He/she agreeing with "they"?
>
> is perhaps your problem.
>
Could you provide an example of the acceptable use you have in mind?
What is he/she if not third person singular? And if it is replaced in a
second iteration in a sentence with "they," I would say there is a problem
of agreement. What am I not understanding?
David Ritchie
Portland, Oregon
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