Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 23:04:19 -0500

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

Subject: Re: one as a pronoun?



Duane, there's nothing at all wrong with "They all apply their own

standards." The issue in my example was the lack of agreement between

the singular "his or her" and an antecedent "they." I have no problem

(in spoken usage) with the contemporary singular "everyone" followed by

plural "they/their"; the example I cited earlier starts with generic

"they" (perfectly fine) and then inexplicably switches to singular when

your own "their" would be logical and problem-free.