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Things that are lacking in the English language.
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04-06-2010, 12:58 PM
(04-06-2010, 12:56 PM)MrD. Wrote: Professionally you should cite people using their surname, this avoids gender confusion as you can then use "XYZ stated that ABC was true, they found that this caused...".

Using 'they' to take the place of a singular proper noun isn't proper English, though.
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RE: Things that are lacking in the English language. - by Elektrisk - 04-06-2010, 12:58 PM

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