On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 2:46 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@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. -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
