On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 07:55:59 GMT, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 21:24:35 +1000, Steven D'Aprano
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed the following in
>comp.lang.python:
>
>> I think where the people are getting confused is that it is (arguably)
>> acceptable to use "their" in place of "his or her", as in:
>>
>> "Should the purchaser lose their warranty card..."
>>
> It gets even stranger...
>
> "One should be prompt in mailing their warranty registration"
That comes after parents buy some toys for their children, and the
children have posession of both the toys and the associated warranty cards.
Of course if one is a parent who worries about warranties in a circumstance
such as this,
"One should be prompt in mailing their[1] warranty registration"
[1] The childrens' ;-)
Regards,
Bengt Richter
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