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To: jbe who wrote (1275)	5/7/1998 11:53:00 PM
From: Rambi	Respond to of 4711

I guess I was just trained to think singularly? Yours sounds great but I would probably not have thought of it automatically. I'll have to relearn the form as it does seem a good way to avoid the problem, which never used to feel like a problem. I never minded being a his or he, but then I was never in the vanguard of the feminist movement, either.

To: jbe who wrote (1275)	5/8/1998 6:33:00 AM
From: Jack Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4711

Jbe, prefer a construction that sidesteps the his or her (or their) problem I sidestep it too, using "people...their" and avoid "his or her" at all costs. I still think the recently introduced "rule" of using "his" if the speaker is male and "her" if female is OK as well. There are also times when gender is not arguable: "Every patient admitted to the obstetrical ward must bring her own nightgown." It would be silly as well as grammatically incorrect to use "their" in such an instance. But I have seen it done. Jack