> Early this morning I explained myself badly. "They" > as a gender neutral pronoun to indicate a single > person. "A professor must remember to take their book > bag to college." Hear it all the time. Hate it. I knew what you meant. But "A professor must remember to take his book bag to college" is obnoxious. "Professors...book bags..." is I suppose best. I take it you shun Jane Austen Judy Evans, Cardiff --- On Fri, 1/10/10, David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Member Issues > To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Friday, 1 October, 2010, 16:53 > > On Oct 1, 2010, at 1:37 AM, Judith Evans wrote: > > > Last time I asked it was Judy I think who > >> said, "Yes, we agreed on that a while back. > 'They' is > >> fine." > > > > certainly sounds like me... I can't see a feminist > angle, there's already the gender-neutral professor, over > there. > > > Early this morning I explained myself badly. "They" > as a gender neutral pronoun to indicate a single > person. "A professor must remember to take their book > bag to college." Hear it all the time. Hate it. > > David Ritchie, > Portland, Oregon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, > vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html