[Ads-l] singular "themselves"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Former acting solicitor-general Neal Katyal referred to Colorado District
Judge Sarah B. Wallace as "themselves" instead of "herself" :

" ...even the judge themselves admitted that this would be preposterous."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/legal-experts-burst-trump-bubble-102732972.html

JL
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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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