gender-neutral pronouns as epic fails

[Dennis Baron]

Some useful historical info updated on the gender-neutral pronoun as a
word that fails:

http://illinois.edu/db/view/25/31097?count=1&ACTION=DIALOG
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Dennis Baron
Professor of English and Linguistics
Department of English
University of Illinois
608 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801

office: 217-244-0568
fax: 217-333-4321

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