[Ads-l] Some thoughts on singular they

Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock spanbocks at VERIZON.NET
Tue Sep 15 00:50:56 UTC 2015


Thanks very much!

On Sep 14, 2015, at 5:46 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole wrote:

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> Below is a link to the article on "The Web of Language" blog operated
> by Dennis Baron. The mailing list posts from Baron are also always
> garbled when they reach me.
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> Article: Some notes on singular they
> Author: Dennis Baron
> Timestamp: Sep 14, 2015 6:00 pm
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> https://illinois.edu/blog/view/25/247504
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> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 8:35 PM, Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock
> <spanbocks at verizon.net> wrote:
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>> I would love to be able to read this but it has come through as computer =
>> gibberish.
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>> Is there some way to translate it?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> On Sep 14, 2015, at 5:21 PM, Baron, Dennis E wrote:
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