my latest windmill to tilt at
Dec. 4th, 2003 08:45 pmEnglish already has perfectly useful gender-neutral pronouns: it, its. Use them. Do not use they, them for singular objects. Do not use the abhorrent, artificial 'hir', 'zie', 'blim', 'gur', or whatever. Yes, people can be called 'it'. Deal with it.
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Date: 2003-12-05 07:15 am (UTC)However, you not only neglected to capitalize your subject, but ended it with a preposition! Ack!
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Date: 2003-12-05 01:18 pm (UTC)I suppose i could've rewritten it as "the latest windmill at which i am tilting", but i think you'd all just want to beat me up if i had.
How about:
Date: 2003-12-05 01:21 pm (UTC)Re: How about:
Date: 2003-12-05 01:37 pm (UTC)Re: How about:
Date: 2003-12-05 01:51 pm (UTC)