Just for fun, Hebrew personal pronouns:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Hebrew/Personal_Pronouns
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Hebrew/Personal_Pronouns
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote:
This new practice is catching on in a SF Bay Area college for women--and a few
Hebrew excercise:
mi: hu: (me who?) = Who (mi:) [is] he (hu:)? LoL! ?
It may take some time go grasp that, eh??
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill@... wrote:
Just address them by their true pronoun descriptor ... it.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@...
Emily,
It means one gets promoted to a better position that requires good writing,
job security, and better pay. If one can't achieve this in one organization,
there will be others who will gladly take him or her. Above all, you should be
enjoying the work itself to be successful at it.
Barry,
Whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote:
It's a grammar jungle out there imho (-:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/aj8/19-jokes-only-grammar-nerds-will-understand-cfe3
Re I don't believe they as a single pronoun would pass muster in a formal
report to Congress.:
Yes, I was wondering if legal documents have strict rules on this to avoid
dangerous ambiguity.
Don't many US colleges encourage students to use she as the singular
(instead of he) or is that
Re the accepted authority in the USA for the American English usage is
contained in Elements of Style by Strunk and White.:
Yes, I have a copy. I've found it both useful and reader friendly.
I think there's a generation gap on this gender-neutral controversy. I was
taught that he,
Just address them by their true pronoun descriptor ... it.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote:
This new practice is catching on in a SF Bay Area college for women--and a few
others in the country. Will the English language be changed?
It's standard practice on the Web.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote:
This new practice is catching on in a SF Bay Area college for women--and a few
others in the country. Will the English language be changed?
Rather than an insightful insult, consider it an epiphanym.
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote:
Some people would probably take that as an offense since it applies to an
inanimate being or something impersonal. But I do have a problem with
addressing one person as
It's not a *personal* gender pronoun but they has distinguished precedent as
a singular pronoun. It grates a little bit but if even Shakespeare and Jane
Austen used it I can feel relaxed about following suit.
And they is definitely preferable to he or she and him and her both of
which kill
Re For example, foreign words have become acceptable over here, such as tacos,
chow mein, sushi, shish-kabob, and tandoori chicken.:
You mean shish-kebab. All those foreign words are accepted in UK. By the
way: a recent survey reveals that Chinese stir-fry has now replaced chicken
tikka
Judy,
I don't believe they as a single pronoun would pass muster in a formal
report to Congress.
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote:
John, as Seraphita points out, they as a singular pronoun has been in
popular use for a long time, including by some top-notch
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