I'm not even sure if it's a he or a she! It could be one of two Language Arts teachers -- one male and one female, or even a collaboration -- in which "they" would actually make sense. Julie ========Original Message======== Subj:[lit-ideas] Re: grades & kleenex Date:5/7/2004 1:03:29 PM Central Daylight Time From:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent on: > I > hope you did > it on porpoise. Sure I did! But I didn't know we knew the teacher's sex. Judy Evans jaye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -----Original Message----- > From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paul Stone > Sent: 07 May 2004 14:32 > To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: grades & kleenex > > > Judy spoke: > > >I'm not denying that they chose a bad solution to the problem (of > >non-gender-neutral language). > > It seems to me that using the non-gender-specific "they" for > third person > when you KNOW particularly who you are talking about -- in this case, a > "she" [not the cat's mother] -- is somewhat irresponsible. I > hope you did > it on porpoise. > > Paul > > ########## > Paul Stone > pas@xxxxxxxx > Kingsville, ON, Canada > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html