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."