Yes, but... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_person
they <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they>Third person
gender-neutral singular
On 9 June 2015 at 14:25, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hehehehehe . . . serious subject, I know . . . but . . .
>
> Each of the pilots was disorientated, none understood how _HE_ (or _SHE_)
> got to that position . . .
>
> None denotes “not one” which cries foul when followed by a they, which
> denotes more than one.
>
> Really, Chief Constable . . . <g>
>
> A more precise construction: The pilots were disoriented; they didn’t
> understand how they got to that position . . .
>
> —Bob Whitmire
> Certified Neanderthal
>
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> On Jun 9, 2015, at 12:45 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Each of the pilots was disorientated, none understood how they got to
> that position nor what to do about it.
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