Posted on 09/13/2024 10:31:19 AM PDT by DFG
That’s the whole point. The gender is unknown.
My father was an English professor.
Let’s ask the Otter.
Then just refer to "the child." "They" is plural. While it might be suitable if the number is hypothetical, in this case it is clearly singular. "The child" is suitable and there is no sound reason to use the plural "they." This especially true today when "they" is being pushed as a non-binary pronoun. This political usage cannot be ignored.
It’s only political if you make it that way.
I was purely trying to explain the English language to you.
I give up.
No need to explain. It is not that I do not understand how English works; it is that we disagree on the matter.
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