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1 posted on 06/17/2017 4:37:54 AM PDT by NYer
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It baffles me how they come up with this stuff. Most every other European language uses gender declensions including German. Which English doesn’t do, including the impersonal pronoun ,thee, and thou, which it dropped. So are supposed to adapt these silly rules to these other languages ?


34 posted on 06/17/2017 8:48:32 AM PDT by mosesdapoet (national)
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bfl


35 posted on 06/17/2017 8:50:51 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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OOpps sorry about that 1st posting
It baffles me how they come up with this stuff. Most every other European language uses gender declensions including German. Which English doesn’t do, including the impersonal pronoun ,thee, and thou, which it dropped. So are Canadians supposed to adapt these silly rules to these other languages which includes French ?


36 posted on 06/17/2017 8:55:02 AM PDT by mosesdapoet (national)
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