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From:Steve Victor <svictor -at- LGC -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 27 Nov 1995 08:38:27 CST
> > Steve Evanina writes:
> >
> > Tim Altom writes:
> >
> > >With that background, please understand that I'll take a good writer
> > >that doesn't have a minute's college, if I can find her.
> >
> > Shouldn't this say "if I can find one"?
> >
> > What about men?
> >
> > steve -dot- evanina -at- sciatl -dot- com
> Good for you, Steve.
Would either of you have batted an eye if he had used "him" instead of "her"?
Just wondering...
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