Date:  Thu, 22 Feb 1996 16:31:13 -0600

From:  Miriam Meyers <mmeyers[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MSUS1.MSUS.EDU>

Subject: Re: silly rules of grammar



Donald Lance writes

>The first time I was in London, alongside the bus from the airport to the

>hotel there was a van with this interesting motto painted on it:

>  Everyone should have their own phone

>

>And I don't think IT&T or Sprint or some such institution installs phones

>in England. Would the British phone service use the Queen's English or

>what?



I have a citation of the queen using singular they; it's common in B.

Britain according to British linguists who watch such matters.



Miriam Meyers

Metropolitan State University

mmeyers[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]msus1.msus.edu