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  4. From: mec6@quads.uchicago.edu (rini)
  5. Subject: Re: A gender neutral pronoun
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov18.052213.19119@midway.uchicago.edu>
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  11. Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 05:22:13 GMT
  12. Lines: 19
  13.  
  14. dsb@duke.cs.duke.edu (D. Scott Bigham) writes:
  15.  
  16. >"Oh, someone will be coming by with the Harrison transcripts.  Send them
  17. > to Joe in room 405."
  18. >
  19. >Now, does the 'them' in that sentence refer to the transcripts or to the
  20. >person bringing them?
  21. >
  22. >See the problem?
  23.  
  24. How is this any more grave than the problem that arises presently from:
  25.  
  26. "Oh, some folks will be coming by with the Harrison transcripts.  Send them
  27. to Joe in room 405." 
  28.  
  29. We still don't know what "them" is referring to.  
  30.  
  31. rini
  32.  
  33.