>The thread topic says, "Someone who knows Fox needs to learn VB" then I said, "Her company..." How is that incomplete? The someone happens to be a her. It could have been a him. I guess I could have said just, "The company..." but I don't see what it matters really.

Re-read your original message. If I would write it, I write:
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Hi everybody,

A friend of mine has a need to train her employee in VB (not VB.NET). Would you please suggest a good training company...

Or

A company is seeking information about ...

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You wrote a message referring to "her" without giving us some introduction about the person. Naturally it leads to questions about who is that person, etc. You used a trick to intrigue, I guess...

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UPDATE. Now I understood, that by "her" you meant that "someone". I was thinking, that this person owns a company and needs her employees to be trained.