End of ADS-L Digest - 24 Jan 1995 to 25 Jan 1995

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There are 9 messages totalling 165 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. Tidbits

 2. You guys

 3. Bounced Mail (Re: Tidbits)

 4. ADS-L Digest - 24 Jan 1995 to 25 Jan 1995

 5. Reese address (2)

 6. Textbook

 7. Appalachian Idioms

 8. They it is



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Date:  Wed, 25 Jan 1995 23:13:39 -0800

From:  THOMAS CLARK <tlc[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NEVADA.EDU>

Subject: Re: Tidbits



On Wed, 25 Jan 1995, William H. Smith wrote:



[snip]



> By the way, Michael, in the ADS Centennial on usage your article uses "they"

> with "every student" as antecedent. Is singular "they" now acceptable usage?

>



Now, there's flame-bait if I ever saw it. "now acceptable usage," Indeed!.

We spend a good deal of time telling our students the difference between

"appropriate usage" and "now acceptable usage."

Cheers,

tlc