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James Nicoll  
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 More options Jul 5, 1:05 am
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From: jdnic...@panix.com (James Nicoll)
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 20:05:10 +0000 (UTC)
Local: Sat, Jul 5 2008 1:05 am
Subject: Re: Old Tea Leaf Reviews 18: 1998 Locus Poll Best First Novel
In article <A7vbk.13061$xZ.7...@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com>,
Rebecca Rice  <philosphe...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>James Nicoll wrote:

>> 11 The Troika                        Stepan Chapman  

>>        I missed this.

>>        I think this was his lone novel.

>> 13 Lives of the Monster Dogs         Kirsten Bakis  

>>        I missed this.

>>        This appears to be their only book.

>I have to ask... what's with the use of "their" instead of
>his/her?  I can see doing it where you aren't sure of gender
>(say someone named Pat), but Kirsten is almost positively a
>female name.

        It's correct usage and I like to toss it in from time
to time just to show that I know the difference between "there",
"their" and "they're" (Also "its" and "it's", FWIW).
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