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To: chuckb87

Them is a perfectly good pronoun when gender is unknown. Try creating a sentence with a single person of unknown gender. Let’s see it.


23 posted on 01/01/2025 7:53:45 PM PST by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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To: calljack

The norm in English used to be he, his or him. Chances are a man when it is a crime story.


32 posted on 01/01/2025 8:09:40 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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