Autosave from field?

Peter Bogdanoff bogdanoff at me.com
Mon Apr 1 01:28:34 EDT 2013


On Mar 31, 2013, at 3:14 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 2:46 PM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>wrote:
> 
>> I just use "their" and ignore the plurality. It isn't grammatically
>> correct, but it's pretty common and includes everybody.
>> 
> 
> In English, unlike the word "her," the word "his" does not imply gender on
> its own when used for a unknown person.  As the same word is used for known
> male and unknown gender, there just isn't a word that informs you (without
> relying on other context) that the unspecified person is male.
> 
 But using "his" is not politically correct.

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> Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq.
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