Elliott Hird on Mon, 5 Jan 2009 11:30:43 -0700 (MST)


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Re: [s-d] [s-b] Bums Consultation.



On 5 Jan 2009, at 18:28, Jay Campbell wrote:

Counter-argument.

"A man may wear a hat. Any man may take off his hat." - "his" may refer to the first or second man.

"A man may wear a hat. Any woman may take off his hat." - "his" definitely refers to the first and only man.

Please do not be intellectually dishonest - there's a paragraph break separating the two sentences in this instance.
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