I don't know about politically correct. But, it is recommended in the Canadian Press Book of Style.
- -teD - Original Message From: Paul Gilmartin Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 18:11 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Reply To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Subject: Re: OT STCK question On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:47:39 -0500, Mike Schwab wrote: >I use they all the time as the genderless pronoun. A supervisor >suggested he, I changed it to (s)he. > Of course, like all pronouns, it should assimilate its number, singular, from its antecedent. A form both politically and gramatically correct is: Everyone thinks they is being politically correct. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
