Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 22:30:22 +0000 From: Duane Campbell Subject: Re: one as a pronoun? At 09:49 PM 11/9/97 -0500, you wrote: > Another structure I've been getting lately is the opposite of > Ron's: "When people read J.D. Salinger, he or she is overcome by > sadness"--a valiant attempt to be gender neutral, I suppose. This is > extended to the possessive too: "They all apply his or her own > standards." I'll be the first to admit that I am not very PC (unless someone gets to it before me), but ... uh ... what is wrong with "They all apply their own standards"? Duane Campbell dcamp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]epix.net http://www.epix.net/~dcamp/