Re: Grammer question - is "hir" grammatically correct?

In article <5lqa92F9gjvaU3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Sean O'Hara <seanohara@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In the Year of the Golden Pig, the Great and Powerful Richard R.
Hershberger declared:

This nicely illustrates the pattern. I have seen a few die hards
complain about "contact" as a verb to this day, but even among self-
described purists this is something of a curiosity. The "not in this
house" stance is a sure sign of a lost battle.

Well, but consider, Webster's Third came out in 1961, and Wolfe
burned his copy when the uproar was still new. That's been a
while.

ObSF: Lovecraft considered "scientist" a vile neologism.

An even longer while.

Dorothy J. Heydt
Albany, California
djheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx
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