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

[Jay Campbell <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Elliott Hird wrote:
> 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.


Paragraph breaks don't matter. Witness:

A man may wear a coat. A man may wear a hat. A woman may remove his coat.

Sometimes it is snowing.

If it is snowing, a woman may not remove his hat.
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