Nongender Singular Pronoun

[nq:1]Did the English language ever have a nongender singular pronoun? If so, might it be possible to revive it? We need one now.[/nq]
English has such a pronoun now. It declines as follows: they/their/them.
Some people disagree with this. Ignore them.

Bob Lieblich
Do we really need to go through this again?

Robert Lieblich wrote on 17 Jul 2004:
[nq:2]Did the English language ever have a nongender singular pronoun? If so, might it be possible to revive it? We need one now.[/nq]
[nq:1]English has such a pronoun now. It declines as follows: they/their/them. Some people disagree with this. Ignore them.[/nq]
Ignore them at your peril. This plural pronoun is not* acceptable as a singular gen

[nq:2]Did the English language ever have a nongender singular pronoun? If so, might it be possible to revive it? We need one now.[/nq]
[nq:1]English has such a pronoun now. It declines as follows: they/their/them. Some people disagree with this. Ignore them.[/nq]
So you think the sentence "The lawyer should watch their English when posting to newsgroups" is ok?
I don't have a problem w

[nq:2]English has such a pronoun now. It declines as follows: they/their/them. Some people disagree with this. Ignore them.[/nq]
[nq:1]So you think the sentence "The lawyer should watch their English when posting to newsgroups" is ok? I don't have ... newsgroups without watching their English" doesn't jar with me. But I would still prefer not to see in formal writing.[/nq]
And we're all ig

[nq:1]Did the English language ever have a nongender singular pronoun? If so, might it be possible to revive it? We need one now.[/nq]
Jesus

[nq:1]Did the English language ever have a nongender singular pronoun? If so, might it be possible to revive it? We need one now.[/nq]
Well, there's "I" and "thou," but somehow I doubt that's what you meant.

Franklin, I thought you'd been around long enough to know what a achingly tiresome subject this is in a.u.e. It's hard to imagine there's anything constructive to add to earlier d

[nq:1]Did the English language ever have a nongender singular pronoun? If so, might it be possible to revive it? We need one now.[/nq]
Howe about "***", for she/her/it.

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
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[nq:2]Did the English language ever have a nongender singular pronoun? If so, might it be possible to revive it? We need one now.[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, there's "I" and "thou," but somehow I doubt that's what you meant. Franklin, I thought you'd been around long enough to know what a achingly tiresome subject this is in a.u.e. It's hard to imagine there's anything constructive to add to earlier disc

[nq:2]Well, there's "I" and "thou," but somehow I doubt that's ... to imagine there's anything constructive to add to earlier discussions.[/nq]
[nq:1]What languages need are ways to disambiguate third person pronouns. It seems like people are seeking the opposite when they want to outlaw gender. Imagine a language with only a single third person singular pronoun.[/nq]
Chinese is such a lan

Bill Bonde ( ``There's sunshine in my stomach'' ) wrote on 19 Jul 2004:
[nq:2]Well, there's "I" and "thou," but somehow I doubt that's ... to imagine there's anything constructive to add to earlier discussions.[/nq]
[nq:1]What languages need are ways to disambiguate third person pronouns. It seems like people are seeking the opposite when they want to outlaw gender. Imagine a language with