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From: docdwarf@clark.net ()
Subject: Re: Which language pays most -- C++ vs. Java?
Date: 1998/02/12
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In article <887259454.521453@optional.cts.com>, Will Rose <cwr@cts.com> wrote:
[snippismus]
>
>No.  The word 'they' is used here to mean 'he or she, gender neutral'.
>It's an obsolescent form of the language, probably no longer taught,
>but still relatively widely used among the well-educated in England.
>The sentence, in British English at least, is well-formed.

I am familiar with different rules of the plural being applied in
BritSpeak, sure; 'the government are' and 'the ministry are' come to mind.
I am unfamiliar with the precedent you cite; would you be so kind as to
post an example?

DD