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Furries on the Daily Show (HERE'S THE .RM FILE)
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Ace Kovach
2022-09-05 05:11:43 UTC
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If my history serves me right, the use of 'their' as an ungendered alternative to
the use of 'his' or 'her' was standard practice up until maybe a century ago. I
don't know the exact date when it was deemed that it was no longer acceptable for
such use, but I prefer using it so that I don't step on anyone's toes if I'm
unsure of the specific gender.
On Thu, 26 Oct 2000 13:08:26 -0700, Richard Chandler - WA Resident
I think your example proved my point. They, Them, and Their, all imply more
than one. They're PLURAL. With sniper being singular, there's an obvious
number disagreement.
However if you say the sentence it doesn't feel wrong and people
understand what you mean, so it is grammatical.
My dictionary actually does list Their in the usage you prefer (The word used
for gender is Indefinite or Definite), however, it has a big honking
"Nonstandard" in front of it.
And my dictionary doesn't say that its nonstandard, I think that we
can regard this as a place where your dialect American english and
mine Strine differ.
--
Please excuse my spelling as I suffer from agraphia. See
http://dformosa.zeta.org.au/~dformosa/Spelling.html to find out more.
Free the Memes.
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Dan Skunk
2022-09-15 01:51:40 UTC
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Post by Ace Kovach
If my history serves me right, the use of 'their' as an ungendered alternative to
the use of 'his' or 'her' was standard practice up until maybe a century ago. I
don't know the exact date when it was deemed that it was no longer acceptable for
such use, but I prefer using it so that I don't step on anyone's toes if I'm
unsure of the specific gender.
On Thu, 26 Oct 2000 13:08:26 -0700, Richard Chandler - WA Resident
I think your example proved my point. They, Them, and Their, all imply more
than one. They're PLURAL. With sniper being singular, there's an obvious
number disagreement.
However if you say the sentence it doesn't feel wrong and people
understand what you mean, so it is grammatical.
My dictionary actually does list Their in the usage you prefer (The word used
for gender is Indefinite or Definite), however, it has a big honking
"Nonstandard" in front of it.
And my dictionary doesn't say that its nonstandard, I think that we
can regard this as a place where your dialect American english and
mine Strine differ.
--
Please excuse my spelling as I suffer from agraphia. See
http://dformosa.zeta.org.au/~dformosa/Spelling.html to find out more.
Free the Memes.
What happened
You replied to a very old post?
Coyo
2023-06-20 12:33:53 UTC
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On Wed, 14 Sep 2022 21:51:40 -0400
Post by Dan Skunk
Post by Ace Kovach
If my history serves me right, the use of 'their' as an ungendered
alternative to the use of 'his' or 'her' was standard practice up
until maybe a century ago. I don't know the exact date when it was
deemed that it was no longer acceptable for such use, but I prefer
using it so that I don't step on anyone's toes if I'm unsure of
On Thu, 26 Oct 2000 13:08:26 -0700, Richard Chandler - WA Resident
I think your example proved my point. They, Them, and Their, all
imply more than one. They're PLURAL. With sniper being singular,
there's an obvious number disagreement.
However if you say the sentence it doesn't feel wrong and people
understand what you mean, so it is grammatical.
My dictionary actually does list Their in the usage you prefer
(The word used for gender is Indefinite or Definite), however,
it has a big honking "Nonstandard" in front of it.
And my dictionary doesn't say that its nonstandard, I think that
we can regard this as a place where your dialect American english
and mine Strine differ.
--
Please excuse my spelling as I suffer from agraphia. See
http://dformosa.zeta.org.au/~dformosa/Spelling.html to find out
more. Free the Memes.
What happened
You replied to a very old post?
Thread necromancy.

Coyo
2023-06-20 12:33:20 UTC
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On Sun, 4 Sep 2022 22:11:43 -0700 (PDT)
Post by Ace Kovach
If my history serves me right, the use of 'their' as an ungendered
alternative to the use of 'his' or 'her' was standard practice up
until maybe a century ago. I don't know the exact date when it was
deemed that it was no longer acceptable for such use, but I prefer
using it so that I don't step on anyone's toes if I'm unsure of the
On Thu, 26 Oct 2000 13:08:26 -0700, Richard Chandler - WA Resident
I think your example proved my point. They, Them, and Their, all
imply more than one. They're PLURAL. With sniper being singular,
there's an obvious number disagreement.
However if you say the sentence it doesn't feel wrong and people
understand what you mean, so it is grammatical.
My dictionary actually does list Their in the usage you prefer
(The word used for gender is Indefinite or Definite), however,
it has a big honking "Nonstandard" in front of it.
And my dictionary doesn't say that its nonstandard, I think that
we can regard this as a place where your dialect American english
and mine Strine differ.
--
Please excuse my spelling as I suffer from agraphia. See
http://dformosa.zeta.org.au/~dformosa/Spelling.html to find out
more. Free the Memes.
What happened
The oldest dictionaries are the best. English, Welsh, German and Norse
all evolved from Old German, and a lot of languages had gendered nouns,
not just Spanish and Italian. And any group where you weren't sure of
the gender were assumed male. If you didn't know, it was a he.
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