It doesn't really matter -- putting "they" there was just so great! Judy Evans jaye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -----Original Message----- > From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of JulieReneB@xxxxxxx > Sent: 07 May 2004 19:30 > To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: grades & kleenex > > > Yeah, I remember saying "her" now, and then thinking it could be > the other. > Sloppy. > Julie > ========Original Message======== > Subj:[lit-ideas] Re: grades & kleenex > Date:5/7/2004 1:18:14 PM Central Daylight Time > From:pas@xxxxxxxx > To:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent on: > > At 02:07 PM 5/7/2004, you wrote: > > > I > > > hope you did > > > it on porpoise. > > > >Sure I did! > > > >But I didn't know we knew the teacher's sex. > > I'm pretty sure that Julie said it was a woman. At first Julie > referred to > her as a 'they', but then later she [Julie] referred to her [the > teacher] > as a "her" [the teacher]: "I'm thinking the Language Arts > teacher may have > plied her way with tissues." > > The decision where to put that period was mind-bending -- refer to rule > 3.2.1.a of Mutton Handbook of Style. > > > 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