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To: IronJack

Nothing personal, but pish-tosh. I’m sure you can find someone Credentialed to aver that “not one” can take a plural verb, but you can also find someone Credentialed to assert that one can use “they” as a singular, neuter pronoun.

It is here that civilization stands or falls.


10 posted on 09/22/2017 5:41:58 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("What comes after diversity is the grim uniformity of Islam." ~Mark Steyn)
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To: Tax-chick

While I disagree on this particular point, I respect your willingness to serve as a sentinel of our beloved language. It is indeed one of the plinths upon which our civilization’s pllars rest.


13 posted on 09/22/2017 6:25:55 AM PDT by IronJack (sh)
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