On Mar 24, 4:51*pm, bulka > wrote:
> "This member has requested that their (sic)
>
> > > Recipie File be kept private"?
>
> > > bulka
>
> > The use of 'their" is correct. *It's possive. *Not THERE as a place or
> > they're, contraction for "THEY ARE".
>
> > Van
>
> "Their" is plural. *The proper construction would be "This member has
> requested that his . . " *In this case, "their" is a PC evasion/
> convolution/malformation - better to abuse the language than risk
> offending a sensitive soul.
>
> "This member is among those who choose to keep their . . ." *That
> would work.
>
> Kinda a pet peeve.
>
> bulka

heh. i thot it was a misplaced "(sic)" for the "Recipie"

-goro-