Did a SP ever say something that hurt your feelings?

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

Par contre en anglais, le dictionnaire Webster ne fait nullement mention du caractère péjoratif ou injurieux en ce qui a trait à l’usage du nom female pour désigner une femme ou une fille.

 

[Mandouke]

Par contre en anglais, le dictionnaire Webster ne fait nullement mention du caractère péjoratif ou injurieux en ce qui a trait à l’usage du nom female pour désigner une femme ou une fille.

Bien sûr.

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

Bien sûr.

Donc, en effet ça découle du wokisme!

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

Donc, en effet ça découle du wokisme!

Orwell’s newspeak, novlangue

 

[Mandouke]

Orwell’s newspeak, novlangue

Very well said and a fact of life in this day and age.

There has never been a more timely and truthful novel ever written in my experience.

It is so mindboggling how he was able to predict the future to a tee in that book. I recall reading it as a 14-year-old and did not put it down until I read it completely. It was the only book I ever read like that, from start to finish in an afternoon.

 

[ThunderLipps]

It’s always been offensive to say ‘men and females’. Lmao why would it ever be ok to refer to one gender that way and the other by an adjective. You either say ‘males and females’ or ‘men and women’.

Can you please point out where I said men and females? If you are concerned about proper grammar how is the they/them OK to use for a singular person?

 

[LC18]

Can you please point out where I said men and females? If you are concerned about proper grammar how is the they/them OK to use for a singular person?

 

[Julia Sky]

Can you please point out where I said men and females? If you are concerned about proper grammar how is the they/them OK to use for a singular person?

Also this argument always baffles me because there's no way you went an entire life without ever saying "somebody forgot their wallet" for example.

 

[ThunderLipps]

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Also this argument always baffles me because there's no way you went an entire life without ever saying "somebody forgot their wallet" for example.

Their wallet is not they, I am old enough to know how to spell.

Chicago Manual of Style (CMS has traditionally recommended avoiding use of singular they. They accept it, however, when referring to a non-binary person.

 

[Julia Sky]

Their wallet is not they, I am old enough to know how to spell

LOL

I > my
You > your
He > his
Her > her
We > our

I'm going to hold your hand when I say this :

They > their

 

[LC18]

 

[Fradi]

I'm going to hold your hand when I say this :

I am 100% certain if you held something else he would never question you again,

 

[ThunderLipps]

LOL

I > my
You > yours
He > his
Her > her
We > our

I'm going to hold your hand when I say this :

They > their

So you would say someone forgot they wallet and all would be good. The sentence structure would need to be changed.

Is they singular grammatically correct?
They always goes with a plural verb, even when they is referring to a single person: “They are my friend.” Likewise with other verbs: "They play baseball."

Is "them" a plural of it?
How to Choose between 'It' and 'Them'? If you want to decide which one to use, always stick to one simple rule: 'It' refers to a singular noun, and 'them' refers to a plural noun.

 

[DouMan]

Hello everyone and welcome to MERB ...
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[DouMan]

Following the OPs initial intention, please use proper grammer or you will hurt my feelings and I will use my boner.

Topic ...

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

Following the OPs initial intention, please use proper grammer or you will hurt my feelings and I will use my boner.

Topic ...

Dorénavant , je pense que je vais écrire exclusivement en français.

 

[ThunderLipps]

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Keyboard broke and only emoji are available?

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

Parfois une image vaut mille mots.

 

[LC18]

So you would say someone forgot they wallet and all would be good. The sentence structure would need to be changed.

Is they singular grammatically correct?
They always goes with a plural verb, even when they is referring to a single person: “They are my friend.” Likewise with other verbs: "They play baseball."

Is "them" a plural of it?
How to Choose between 'It' and 'Them'? If you want to decide which one to use, always stick to one simple rule: 'It' refers to a singular noun, and 'them' refers to a plural noun.

At this point you’re doing it on purpose. Or maybe English isn’t your first language and those are valid questions…

 

[Julia Sky]

So you would say someone forgot they wallet and all would be good. The sentence structure would need to be changed.

Is they singular grammatically correct?
They always goes with a plural verb, even when they is referring to a single person: “They are my friend.” Likewise with other verbs: "They play baseball."

Is "them" a plural of it?
How to Choose between 'It' and 'Them'? If you want to decide which one to use, always stick to one simple rule: 'It' refers to a singular noun, and 'them' refers to a plural noun.

I would say their wallet, which is the possessive form of "they".

Worth noting also that "you" in it's singular form also comes from plural you hence why it uses plural form for the verbs that follow "you".

"It" uses the singular form, like he/she, and mostly refers to objects, situations and animals, so it's pretty easy to differentiate and you're being a little confused now.