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Posted: 11/20/2003, 8:48 pm
by faninor
happeningfish wrote:^wrong
^^wrong
the language is reverting out of the automatic "he" pronoun substitution for an unknown. s/he or he/she was attempted but found to be too clumsy. The correct term is now "they".
No way.
"The runner lost their breath."
Do not use plural pronouns to refer to singular antecedents. I'm pretty sure that is still a rule, or else we have let feminist weirdos completely fuck up our language. Just use "he".
Posted: 11/21/2003, 1:25 am
by nikki4982
^ and ^^ didn't follow the rules of this thread.
Posted: 11/21/2003, 9:32 am
by Long Jonny
^knows the rules of this thread
Posted: 11/21/2003, 10:01 am
by Johnny
^still spelling his name wrong
Posted: 11/21/2003, 10:44 am
by faninor
I'm a cheater!
^ is pointing at me in the topic review. :*)**
Posted: 11/21/2003, 3:09 pm
by Clumsy7Thief
^probably lies also.
Posted: 11/21/2003, 3:22 pm
by nikki4982
^ is correct!
Posted: 11/21/2003, 5:05 pm
by faninor
^ Is a ruiner.
Posted: 11/21/2003, 5:22 pm
by nikki4982
^ is also correct.
Posted: 11/21/2003, 6:06 pm
by Johnny
^
Posted: 11/21/2003, 6:09 pm
by Long Jonny
^
Posted: 11/21/2003, 6:14 pm
by Johnny
Posted: 11/21/2003, 8:25 pm
by clumsychild_
^ rebel
Posted: 11/23/2003, 6:49 pm
by Rune
^thinks ^^ is a rebel
Posted: 11/23/2003, 6:51 pm
by Random Name
^ is no rebel
Posted: 11/23/2003, 7:00 pm
by dream in japanese
^ is
Posted: 11/23/2003, 8:30 pm
by happening fish
faNINor wrote:happeningfish wrote:^wrong
^^wrong
the language is reverting out of the automatic "he" pronoun substitution for an unknown. s/he or he/she was attempted but found to be too clumsy. The correct term is now "they".
No way.
"The runner lost their breath."
Do not use plural pronouns to refer to singular antecedents. I'm pretty sure that is still a rule, or else we have let feminist weirdos completely fuck up our language. Just use "he".
Sorry, we learned this one in class. The automatic "he" pronoun was established by a law passed a couple centuries ago in England, and had hitherto been used because the prevalent form of written language was in school books, which were naturally exclusive to male students. The rule's been denounced. Language changes. Deal with it, chauvinist weirdo
Posted: 11/23/2003, 8:42 pm
by dream in japanese
actually they use she now a lot instead of he
Posted: 11/23/2003, 8:48 pm
by its4am_isanybodyhome
i've always used they. i always thought that was the gramatically [politically?] correct way.
Posted: 11/23/2003, 11:31 pm
by Johnny
