Wikipedia = Unreliable.
Agreement in number was pounded into my head as a schoolboy. The rise of “they”
as a singular form has a direct correlation to the objection by some members of
society to the default being masculine when gender is not specified.
Rules is rules. <g>
—Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Jun 9, 2015, at 9:27 AM, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, but... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_person
> they <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they>Third person
> gender-neutral singular
>
> On 9 June 2015 at 14:25, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hehehehehe . . . serious subject, I know . . . but . . .
>>
>> Each of the pilots was disorientated, none understood how _HE_ (or _SHE_)
>> got to that position . . .
>>
>> None denotes “not one” which cries foul when followed by a they, which
>> denotes more than one.
>>
>> Really, Chief Constable . . . <g>
>>
>> A more precise construction: The pilots were disoriented; they didn’t
>> understand how they got to that position . . .
>>
>> —Bob Whitmire
>> Certified Neanderthal
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 9, 2015, at 12:45 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Each of the pilots was disorientated, none understood how they got to
>> that position nor what to do about it.
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