History of their in the singular sense

Subject: History of their in the singular sense
From: "DeGuzman, Kathi" <Kathi -dot- Deguzman -at- Nextel -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 11:23:52 -0400

If anyone is interested, there is an interesting site that poses the history
of the use of their/them as a singular pronoun. Supposedly (according to
this article) the usage dates back to the 14th century. Just an FYI...

http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/austheir.html#X1a

Kathi Jan DeGuzman
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