I know that Oxford Dictionaries thinks that using he/she instead of their is "rather awkward," but I just cannot bring myself to do it. Using the plural form makes no sense! In fact, maybe I'm just dense, but I recently had to read and re-read a Facebook notification for this very reason:
So and So also commented on their status.11:00am
The use of "their" totally threw me off. Plus, shouldn't Facebook know whether So and So is a he or a she? Come on!
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meyer, meyer, meyer - looky looky: http://blog.new.facebook.com/blog.php?post=21089187130
Wow. I stand corrected! Tx Kate.
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