Date:  Thu, 3 Nov 1994 07:57:38 -0800

From:  Judith Rascoe <boise[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]WELL.SF.CA.US>

Subject: Re: offending idioms



re use of mangled euphemisms: I notice "homeless" used as a singular noun

"We had a homeless sleeping behind the store" and as a collective without a

preceding 'the': "that estimate includes commuters and shoppers but doesn't

include homeless".