On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 at 1:03 am, John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 11:11 PM, Stathis Papaioannou <stath...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> Even without duplication, there is no rigid 1:1 connection between >> pronouns and proper nouns. > > > > Of course there is, or rather there should be. Sometimes i > n > very bad writing there is a long convoluted sentence that refers to many > people and concludes with something like "then he shot him" when it's not > clear who shot who because it's not clear which one was "he" and which one > was "him". > > Personal pronouns are just a shorthand name for a particular person > > that is > > used to save time when the meaning of that nickname is obvious. But when > the engineering obstacles are overcome and person duplicating machines > become practical the meaning of personal pronouns will *NEVER* be > obvious, and that's when the English language will need a major overhaul. > If I say, "when you see the light turn red, stop walking", the "you" refers to anyone who hears the sentence. > -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
