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singular or plural with "everyone"
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Eleanor J. Evans @ 462-5330
Feb 26, 1991, 9:59:38 AM2/26/91
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There is a slight complication with "everyone". Within the same
sentence, Cariadoc is quite correct - "he" or "he or she" is the
proper choice. However, when the pronoun appears in a separate
sentence, "they" is correct. So - "Everyone is getting his own
plate. They will return shortly."
sentence, Cariadoc is quite correct - "he" or "he or she" is the
proper choice. However, when the pronoun appears in a separate
sentence, "they" is correct. So - "Everyone is getting his own
plate. They will return shortly."
To be ideologically inoffensive, one should say (depending on one's
listener's ideology) "Everyone is getting his or her own plate."
Eleanor MacNaughotn
(MacNaughton)
Charter Member and Vice-President,
The Society for Creative Pedanticism.
(write-in nominations and votes for President now being accepted.
Cariadoc is already on the ballot.)
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