Julia Altshuler writes:

>I fancy myself a part-time grammar cop as well,

Um, you're more a grammar meter maid, the comma is NOT a decoration. All your
commas are incorrectly inserted and what's really eerie is that you omitted the
one necessary comma.

>and for reasons I can't
>explain, I rather like the informal and gender neutral use of "guys."
>In the examples you gave for news reporting, I agree that victim,
>suspect and man would be better, but for informal everyday speech,
>"guys" has an un-stodgy air that suits me. At work, I like being the
>woman in charge. At lunch, I like being just one of the guys.



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