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Post #439,993
by static
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9/26/21 5:59:47 AM
9/26/21 5:59:47 AM
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New Yes, We really do need a gender-neutral third-person singular personal pronoun.
We don't really have one, despite multiple efforts to create one. So we have to use "they" which is technically for anything but a definite singular because English treats "zero" and "uncertain" the same as "plural".

It does look like "they" is going to have to do the work. It has traction, after all.

Wade.
Post #439,997
by boxley
9/26/21 12:50:34 PM
9/26/21 12:50:34 PM
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New whats wrong with dem and dose?
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
     A “high five” to the state fair - (rcareaga) - (16) - Sept. 25, 2021, 10:42:23 AM EDT
         Re: Pronouns - (drook) - (5) - Sept. 25, 2021, 11:29:39 AM EDT
             Perhaps he is a . . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (4) - Sept. 25, 2021, 12:22:37 PM EDT
                 “It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again” - (rcareaga) - (3) - Sept. 25, 2021, 02:01:03 PM EDT
                     Ya gotta mention Hillary or Bernie for MM to notice it?? -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 25, 2021, 02:49:36 PM EDT
                     Yes, We really do need a gender-neutral third-person singular personal pronoun. - (static) - (1) - Sept. 26, 2021, 05:59:47 AM EDT
                         whats wrong with dem and dose? -NT - (boxley) - Sept. 26, 2021, 12:50:34 PM EDT
         Language changes; it was ever thus. - (Another Scott) - Sept. 25, 2021, 01:21:13 PM EDT
         I wonder if the payment systems have been persuaded. - (static) - (3) - Sept. 26, 2021, 05:54:48 AM EDT
             They know under Biden they won't face federal prosecution - (drook) - Sept. 26, 2021, 09:02:07 AM EDT
             NDAA - (Another Scott) - (1) - Sept. 26, 2021, 10:26:37 AM EDT
                 Nice. -NT - (static) - Sept. 27, 2021, 01:30:58 AM EDT
         Every other highway billboard over here is selling cannabis - (malraux) - (4) - Sept. 27, 2021, 10:13:12 AM EDT
             Re: Every other highway billboard over here is selling cannabis - (rcareaga) - (3) - Sept. 27, 2021, 01:01:05 PM EDT
                 Seems to be national then. -NT - (malraux) - (2) - Sept. 27, 2021, 07:21:34 PM EDT
                     Non-prosecution isn't enough. - (crazy) - (1) - Sept. 28, 2021, 06:30:54 AM EDT
                         Maybe they should look into whether Estonian banks' debiting systems work over there. -NT - (CRConrad) - Sept. 28, 2021, 06:50:12 PM EDT

While they were doing that I walked over to a place called the Oyster Bar - a real dive. But I knew the owner; he used to play for the Dolphins. I said, "HI GILL!" (You have to yell; he's hard of herring...)
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