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Old Fri Mar 05, 2010, 02:54pm
Mark Padgett Mark Padgett is offline
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Originally Posted by mbyron View Post
Worthy goal, but not an excuse for bad grammar. If you make your pronouns plural, change their antecedents accordingly:
"And if players attempt a jump shot at the wrong basket and get their own rebound...."
What if she was the player, er, were the players, er, whatever?

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