From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <10hrir7$2nqai$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Gary McGath   wrote:   
   >On 12/14/25 9:35 AM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   >> And that last paragraph shows where I stand on third-person   
   >> pronouns. I didn't even think twice about typing "they" and   
   >> "their". In this, I am a Janeite.   
   >>   
   >> [I wish I could find the comment someone left on a pronoun article   
   >> declaring emphatically that people shouldn't use "they" and   
   >> "their" as singular pronouns--and did so themself when using   
   >> pronouns to refer back to "someone" or something similar.  On the   
   >> other hand, this is apparently fairly common.]   
   >   
   >I sometimes use "they" when referring to an indefinite individual.   
   >However, I don't think a person should declare oneself a committee.   
   >   
   >In the dystopia of Ayn Rand's _Anthem_, plural pronouns are used   
   >exclusively, and using a first person singular pronoun is a capital   
   >crime. Most people don't know such pronouns ever existed.   
      
   [Hal Heydt]   
   In Graydon SAuders _Commonweal_ series, "they"/"them" is used for   
   persons who are not intimate partners.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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