How does one go bananas Steve?

I'll tell you what, I've just been picked up for slipping a plural into a singular statement. Makes you think twice before writing anything on a thread about pedantry...

Which brings us back to the title of the thread..

Surely, this is about damning pedantry, not perpetuating the noise it makes?

Eyup, I use albeit.. It's my word of the month I'll have you know!

If anyone wishes to write contorted mangled sentences, I suggest you try the style guide I worked to when writing regulatory reports for publication. If you look at any Care Quality Commission inspection report, available on their website, you will notice the poor ruddy inspector has to avoid gender, leading to singular to plural being the order of the day. "One person told us of their experience. They spoke of their lack of access to ...Etc."   That's one inspector speaking with one person by the way. They won a plain English award during my time too.....