For your double-take collections...

[Joel S. Berson]

As I noted several days ago, from the Boston Globe (but of course a
different article) -- and was shot down.  :-)  I'm pleased to see the
possessive, though -- that was not in my example.  Also, the NYT's
sentences are more ... succinct? ... in posing the confusion than the
Globe examples.

Just one question:  Upon first reference, did the NYT article give a
full name, and add a title?  (Miss or Ms.?)

Joel

At 8/25/2008 02:59 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>In today's NYT article (p. D9) on what is now being claimed to be a
>"paperwork error" on the eligibility of gymanst He Kexin, we have
>such observations as:
>
>"He was one of three Chinese women gymnasts whose age had been
>questioned in the lead-up to these Games."
>
>and
>
>"If He was 14, not 16, she would be too young for these Olympics."
>
>I also liked the possessive in
>
>"He's birthdate was also Jan. 1, 1994 on the registration list for a
>2006 intercity competition..."
>
>Of course part of the trick is recognizing that the topic of the
>discussion is not /hi/ but /h^/.
>
>LH
>
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