On 2015-06-12 15:57, J O Skip Robinson wrote: > I suggest that anyone matriculating at a US university not try to get away > with 'they is' on a placement exam. (S)he will find theirself in Bonehead > English. > And yet, "A person who uses that construct should know that they are destined for Bonehead English" grates equally. "Person ... are"!? Where did the singular slip to plural?
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