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Subject:Re: use of he/she/they From:Paul Baechler <bachp -at- HIWAAY -dot- NET> Date:Fri, 15 Aug 1997 01:19:38 -0600
On 8/12/97 2:39 PM Sella Rush wrote:
>"The consulting firm in charge of this project must have their personnel
>in place by January." (but simply removing the pronoun solves the
>problem!)
"The consulting firm in charge of this project must have its personnel in
place by January." (Simply using the proper pronoun solves the problem!)
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