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WCDT: 27th June - 1st July (1956-1960)
pwhodges:
We also notice your split infinitive :wink: ; after all, even Fowler said that rule was a waste of space.
Border Reiver:
What parent hasn't had that happen at some point?
Not necessarily the fire, but the kid thinking that "I can fix it and they will never know."
Usually followed by Mom/Dad/Parental figure walking in at inappropriate moment...
And as for the "gendered pronoun" nonsense - yeah Akronnick! Although, if referring to actual people or characters, I don't see their use as a problem.
pwhodges:
Fire? I set the house on fire when I was seven or eight; my little sister's earliest memory is of sitting on a fireman's knee!
akronnick:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 28 Jun 2011, 05:46 ---We also notice your split infinitive :wink: ; after all, even Fowler said that rule was a waste of space.
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And it didn't make the sentence harder to understand at all, did it?
There is also a terminal pronoun, do you even notice it?
mike837go:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 28 Jun 2011, 05:32 ---
--- Quote from: NotAwesomeAnymore on 28 Jun 2011, 05:09 ---the singular 'they' is wrong
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But all bets are off anyway when you're changing the language.
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And....while we're eliminating gender-based pronouns, lets do phonetic spelling too!
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