From: coyo@spammers-belong-in.hell   
      
   On Wed, 14 Sep 2022 21:51:40 -0400   
   Dan Skunk  wrote:   
      
   > 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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