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From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
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On Monday, 12 February 2001 at 14:47:43 -0700, Brett Glass wrote:
> At 04:49 PM 2/11/2001, Greg Lehey wrote:
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>> There is no neuter in French.
>
> Oh? Then, what's the feminine of "on?"

On.

I've just checked the dictionary:

 ON pron. indéf. (lat. homo, homme) [toujours sujet]. ...
  REM. 1. L'accord peut se faire au féminin et au pluriel.  "On est
  elegante aujourd'hui !  On est tous égaux devant la loi."

In other words, it can be used as masculine, feminine, singular or
plural, though the second example is interesting because the verb is
singular and the adjective is plural.

Greg
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