Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 09:00:09 +0000

From: "E.W. Gilman" egilman[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]WEBSTER.M-W.COM

Subject: common sense



The questioned phraseology of the definition using the word _men_ was

written in the 1950s when people understood that _man_ had more than

one meaning. Dictionary editors generally have enough problems to cope

with in the revision of succeeding editions that attending to the

desires of the blinkered outlook of the determinedly PC-minded can be

overlooked. If the challenger of this wording would care to look

into the 10th edition of the Collegiate, he/she will discover that

the wording has now been amended.