From: danskunk@hotmail.com   
      
   On 2022-09-05 1:11 a.m., Ace Kovach wrote:   
   > On Friday, October 27, 2000 at 7:04:12 PM UTC-8, Weston Firerunner wrote:   
   >> If my history serves me right, the use of 'their' as an ungendered   
   alternative to   
   >> the use of 'his' or 'her' was standard practice up until maybe a century   
   ago. I   
   >> don't know the exact date when it was deemed that it was no longer   
   acceptable for   
   >> such use, but I prefer using it so that I don't step on anyone's toes if I'm   
   >> unsure of the specific gender.   
   >> "David Formosa (aka ? the Platypus)" wrote:   
   >>> On Thu, 26 Oct 2000 13:08:26 -0700, Richard Chandler - WA Resident   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> I think your example proved my point. They, Them, and Their, all imply   
   more   
   >>>> than one. They're PLURAL. With sniper being singular, there's an obvious   
   >>>> number disagreement.   
   >>>   
   >>> However if you say the sentence it doesn't feel wrong and people   
   >>> understand what you mean, so it is grammatical.   
   >>>   
   >>>> My dictionary actually does list Their in the usage you prefer (The word   
   used   
   >>>> for gender is Indefinite or Definite), however, it has a big honking   
   >>>> "Nonstandard" in front of it.   
   >>>   
   >>> And my dictionary doesn't say that its nonstandard, I think that we   
   >>> can regard this as a place where your dialect American english and   
   >>> mine Strine differ.   
   >>>   
   >>> --   
   >>> Please excuse my spelling as I suffer from agraphia. See   
   >>> http://dformosa.zeta.org.au/~dformosa/Spelling.html to find out more.   
   >>> Free the Memes.   
   > What happened   
      
   You replied to a very old post?   
      
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