On 17-Aug-09, at 5:16 PM, Assembly for the Teaching of English  
Grammar wrote:

> I would make a gender non-specific (as opposed to the neutral  
> "its") pronoun.  Maybe "hizzer"?
>
> I get so tired of saying, "a student should take his or her  
> workbook ..."  Then again using "their" is just a total cop-out to me.

How's it a cop out? That's the way it's always been.

Best,
Brett

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Brett Reynolds
English Language Centre
Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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