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Re: more teaching questions on grammar (singular "they")
From:
DD Farms <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:52:27 -0500
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At 11:20 AM 9/25/2007, Veit, Richard wrote:
>By the way, didn't a similar socio-political thing happen a few 
>centuries back with plural "you" becoming singular as a polite 
>alternative to singular "thou"? It proved so successful that it 
>drove thou/thee from the language.

DD: If you all say so. 

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