At 06:15 PM 4/8/2009, O'Sullivan, Brian P wrote:
>I was wondering whether list members find that it is now acceptable 
>(or at least accepted in some circles) to use "they" or "their" as 
>an alternative to constructions like "he or she" or "his or 
>her"--that is, as a gender-neutral third-person pronoun (as in my 
>subject line).

DD: HORROR! I demur. Keep those agreeable agreements amongst the 
components of the utterance.  

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