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Old 10-06-2012, 12:49 PM   #21633
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Originally Posted by norway1456 View Post
I had to look it up. I had no idea that "their" could be used this way.
Something new learnt, pluss I'm winning equals a fine day
To be fair, the gender-neutral singular form of their is mostly used in a slightly different kind of sentence construction. But I've taken to using it at other times as well.

I win.
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