[lbo-talk] Jane Austen and Other Famous Authors Violate What Everyone Learned in Their English Class

[Gar Lipow]

On 7/2/05, Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> wrote:
> Henry Churchyard says that the singular
> "they"/"their"/"them"/"themselves" construction dates back to the
> 14th century.  The usage remained perfectly respectable until the
> late 18th century, when the capitalist rage for normalization and
> standardization began to infect the elite.
....

Yoshie thanks.

Oh and Kelley - sorry I misunderstood you. It  surprised me when I
thought you were defending "he" as a generic term for humanity; I
should have known better.