From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 111d6b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid111d6b,public X-Google-Thread: 10d15b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d15b,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,8775b19e3c68a5dc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public From: docdwarf@clark.net () Subject: Re: Which language pays most -- C++ vs. Java? Date: 1998/02/12 Message-ID: <6bv2oe$8sp@clarknet.clark.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 324449009 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit References: <6at330$7uj$1@mainsrv.main.nc.us> <6bsddk$3cp$1@news.nyu.edu> <34E23B11.6AD8@erols.com> <01bd3756$552bf060$efd9cdcf@ms112188.mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc., Ellicott City, MD USA Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.cobol,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-02-12T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <01bd3756$552bf060$efd9cdcf@ms112188.mindspring.com>, Eric Clayberg wrote: >The Goobers wrote in article ><34E23B11.6AD8@erols.com>... >> Richard Kenner wrote: >> > >> > The more a "programmer" knows, the more "well rounded" they are. >> > I see no reason to set a limit to knowlege in any field: it's always >> > better to know more than to know less. >> >> BLEARGH! >> >> Read this sentence again, please: >> >> 'The more a "programmer" knows, the more "well rounded" they are.' >> >> I realise that you are trying to avoid sex-specification ('The more a >> "programmer" knows, the mofe "well rounded" he/she is.') but you BOTCHED >> it... now, repeat after me: >> >> 'Antecedants must agree with their consequent.' >> >> Notice the subtle ha-ha in this 'rule'? 'Antecedants' and 'their' are >> plurals, 'consequent' is a singular... is make for good joke to >> remembering Eenglish to be doing by, no? >> >> In your sentence 'programmer' is singular, 'knows' is singular, 'they' >> and 'are' am be pluralismers. >> >> What *are* they teaching in schools nowadays? > >You might be surprised to discover that his sentence is *correct* based >upon what is being taught in schools these days. That is precisely why I asked that particular question. >The sex-neutral use of >"they" and "their" to refer to a single person is now in common usage >(including the mainstream media) and is being taught in most business >writing courses (at least it was seven years ago when I went through B' >school). Would you be so kind as to post an example of this? > I don't know if this has caught on in grade school or high school >yet. If not, it's only a matter or time. You might as well get used to it. We shall see... thanques for the info! DD