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Gentlemen and Ladies of Belles [Bel]-Lettres

February 28, 2006 1:48:23 PM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums

Though I’m not particularly fond of linguistic purity insisting on language correctness extended to gender structure, I do advocate that we gentlemen of letters should make every effort to use “his/her” and “persons.” I trust the ladies of letters will not find this patronizing or inverse chauvinism.

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Reply #1 March 1, 2006 9:51:37 AM
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l english).
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Reply #2 March 2, 2006 12:51:26 AM
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They[Loiuse antecedent] took off their dress. Everybody are doing their thing.[?]
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Reply #3 March 2, 2006 1:12:23 AM
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Grammar are for the weak.
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Reply #4 March 2, 2006 1:30:33 AM
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i yusto cudnt spel gramarion...now i are wun.
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Reply #5 March 2, 2006 1:50:43 AM
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I must confess it would be a heck of a lot easier to return to Mankind and all it grammatically implies.
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Reply #6 March 2, 2006 7:24:47 AM
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They[Loiuse antecedent] took off their dress. Everybody are doing their thing.[?]

They took off their dress.  Everybody is doing their thing.  You have to change the verb when using the royal/plurals.

And if 'they' were taking off 'their' dress, I hope they were either scottish, or ladies!

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Reply #7 March 3, 2006 1:24:51 PM
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either scottish, or ladies!


Or Jessica!--delivering pizza.
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