Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 21:49:31 -0500

From: Beverly Flanigan FLANIGAN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

Subject: Re: one as a pronoun?



Duane and Ted are suggesting nice alternatives to the one-plus-generic

he or they dilemma, but in "real" productions we don't get the nice

ones. Another structure I've been getting lately is the opposite of

Ron's: "When people read J.D. Salinger, he or she is overcome by

sadness"--a valiant attempt to be gender neutral, I suppose. This is

extended to the possessive too: "They all apply his or her own

standards."