K.S. Bhaskar on 11 Dec 2007 12:21:20 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Full Time Linux/Infrastructure Systems Administrators (Midrange & Senior)

  • From: "K.S. Bhaskar" <bhaskar@bhaskars.com>
  • To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
  • Subject: Re: [PLUG] Full Time Linux/Infrastructure Systems Administrators (Midrange & Senior)
  • Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:21:10 -0500
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On Dec 10, 2007 11:35 PM, Matthew Rosewarne <mrosewarne@inoutbox.com> wrote:

[KSB] <...snip...>

>                             _____IN SHORT_____
>
> Job offers    ----->   GOOD!
>
> Job offers with suspiciously-absent contact info   ----->   NOT-SO-GOOD!

[KSB] Thank you for saying it better than I did.

> %!PS: Yes, I use "they" and "their" to talk about persons of unknown sex.

[KSB] From what I have read, this is the way English used to be.
Using the singular is a relatively new (19th century) practice.

-- Bhaskar
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