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To: DFG
My advice to that unnamed low level French politician would be to remind them ...

Come on, Karoline, do your homework.

It should be easy enough to determine if you're talking about a him or a her.

If you don't know, the correct locution would be "him or her."

14 posted on 03/17/2025 11:51:07 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: HIDEK6

Hey, Grammar Police, cut some slack to our beautiful Karoline! She is not a Russian Troll feeding off Free Republic trough to be chastised for minor mistakes…


38 posted on 03/17/2025 1:26:44 PM PDT by exinnj
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To: HIDEK6

“Them” is acceptable in lieu of “him or her” if you don’t know. Though I do prefer “him or her” myself since it’s clearer (albeit wordier).


46 posted on 03/17/2025 2:06:15 PM PDT by CraigEsq (,)
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To: HIDEK6

Yes. It’s pitiful how the English language is being massacred.


48 posted on 03/17/2025 2:15:34 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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