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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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Welcome, wow! I suspect you are indeed out in left field on "its" vs "their." This has been discussed here before (in the context of "their" as a politically correct way of avoiding gender in the singular - "A person should be nice to their neighbor" - a usage I abhor), but I'm betting the Brit contingent among us would find nothing wrong with the use of "their" as a pronoun for "The Board." They use collectives such as "government", sports teams' names, etc in the plural. Which kind of makes sense, if you're thinking component-wise. For example, "The board disagreed among itself" sounds absurd.
(awaiting cross-Pond/Antipodean comment, clarification, correction)
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Yes, it's its
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stales
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11/23/00 04:23 AM
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Actually, it's not...
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shanks
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11/23/00 08:05 AM
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Re: Actually, it's not...
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Bingley
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11/24/00 06:48 AM
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FishonaBike
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11/24/00 11:54 AM
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Agree with Shona
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shanks
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11/24/00 12:13 PM
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Re: Yes, it's its
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wow
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11/25/00 07:38 PM
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AnnaStrophic
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11/25/00 10:46 PM
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Bridget
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11/27/00 01:39 AM
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AnnaStrophic
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11/27/00 09:57 PM
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shanks
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11/27/00 09:41 AM
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Jazzoctopus
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11/27/00 09:38 PM
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tsuwm
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11/27/00 09:47 PM
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Jazzoctopus
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11/28/00 10:42 PM
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Max Quordlepleen
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11/28/00 11:38 PM
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jmh
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11/29/00 10:36 PM
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jmh
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11/29/00 10:42 PM
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belMarduk
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11/30/00 01:28 AM
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wow
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11/29/00 12:22 AM
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Re: Yes, it's its
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AnnaStrophic
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11/29/00 12:52 AM
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Singulars as Plurals
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FishonaBike
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11/29/00 01:26 PM
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Re: years and years
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wow
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11/29/00 01:56 PM
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Re: Family
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wow
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11/29/00 02:05 PM
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