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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? Mercur10 #214683 04/10/14 10:38 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 In the court of law it's OK to be clumsy and awkward as long as you*'re very clear about what you* mean. In normal language invented ways of handling the singular they situation are traditionally very unsuccessful. Standard singular they, however has been with the language for a long, long time, and is generally less subject to ambiguity than singular you. *Singular or plural you. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? Mercur10 04/10/14 05:50 AM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? Faldage 04/10/14 10:38 AM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? jenny jenny 04/14/14 03:14 AM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? Tromboniator 04/14/14 05:45 AM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? Faldage 04/14/14 09:57 AM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? LukeJavan8 04/14/14 03:45 PM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? jenny jenny 04/15/14 01:07 AM Re: Her/him, his/hers/ s/he or 'their(s)'? Faldage 04/15/14 10:12 AM read all aqbout it wofahulicodoc 04/15/14 01:15 PM Re: read all aqbout it jenny jenny 04/15/14 03:20 PM Re: read all aqbout it belMarduk 06/06/14 08:19 PM Re: read all aqbout it Bazr 06/07/14 01:06 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,809 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 832 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 17 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,851 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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