RIP , photojournalist James Foley

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mrlynn wrote:
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(Extra points if a bewildered participant scratches their head, and asks themselves: "Have I just been insulted?")

Can we expand word usage to include grammatical faux pas?

'Their' is the plural possessive, and 'themselves' is plural. The referent must therefore be plural. 'A bewildered participant' is not. The neutral possessive pronoun in English is 'his'.

Some languages have a neutral pronoun (we do too, namely 'it', but it's gauche to use that of people). Perhaps we need one, to stem the misuse of plurals.

/Mr Lynn
That does it. You're now on the List as a future Chair.