English grammar in US

[Joseph E. Laferriere]

On Mon, 24 Jun 1996 Muisca at aol.com wrote:
>
> Of course, the correct and more elegant phraseology would be "every single
> person has his/her/its own opinion."

The "its" is unnecessary unless your idea of "persons" includes inanimate
objects. The correct traditional usage is "his," while the so-called "PC"
usage is towards "his/her." "Their" is quite simply wrong.

> Gena Gulamentum
> Dept. of Entomological Etymology
> Faculty of Auto-Debasement
> University of Just Another Bunch of Unejeecated 'mericans
> Self Deprecation, IA

Dear Dr. Gulamentum,
   The last word in the penultimate line of your address is spelled
incorrectly. The correct spelling is "Merkns." I trust that this is merely
a typographical error.
Joe