MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > No, it hasn't. It is used naturally for indeterminates. Using it for > singulars sounds stilted and contrived. The developer is clearly not > an indeterminate.
It's a single person with indeterminate gender, which is exactly the use case for the epicene they. I believe you're simply wrong here. This supposedly stilted and contrived construct routinely goes unremarked and unnoticed by native English speakers who are not concentrating on applying prescriptive grammar rules. > This was covered in a thread around > http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2005/01/msg00360.html This thread seems to establish that you're in a small minority with this opinion. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
