- From: Bert Bos <bert@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 11:06:21 +0100
- To: "Steven Pemberton" <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl>
- Cc: <www-forms-editor@w3.org>, <w3c-css-wg@w3.org>
Steven Pemberton writes: > > 7) Grammar error: "they" referring to a singular referent. > > This is not an error. See: > > http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/sgtheirl.html Doesn't matter when it was used first or whether it is recorded in the OED or not; if it confuses readers or if it sounds wrong, it *is* wrong. As Kingsley Amis said: "when in doubt, rewrite!" Bert -- Bert Bos ( W 3 C ) http://www.w3.org/ http://www.w3.org/people/bos/ W3C/INRIA bert@w3.org 2004 Rt des Lucioles / BP 93 +33 (0)4 92 38 76 92 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
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