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To: Jamestown1630

I figured you were one of them.


25 posted on 12/23/2024 3:21:20 PM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: HIDEK6

Everyone who speaks English as a native language has used the ‘singular they’ without thinking, many times. I don’t even recall it ever being an issue until the relatively recent kerfuffle over pronouns as they relate to sexual identity.

Natural language is a lot more than strict grammatical rules; a lot of it - and its efficacy - comes down to collective, accepted usage - which is constantly evolving.

(And now that you’ve shown yourself as not only very small but insulting as well, I’m finished. Have a nice holiday.)


27 posted on 12/23/2024 3:53:26 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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