But if you knew the person was Fred, then you could use he, or if the
person's name was Frederica, then you cold use she.
Different if the person is Pat.
bp
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On 12/23/2017 9:26 AM, Jay Weekley wrote:
It could get awkward to use a name instead of a pronoun in every
sentence. For example, "Fred's task was going well for Fred but then
Fred ran into a problem that caused Fred's task to come to a
standstill. However, Fred used Fred's ingenuity to solve Fred's
problem and now Fred is ahead of schedule."
Bill Prince wrote:
I would say "Fred needs to do this task", or "Frederica needs to do
this task."
bp
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On 12/23/2017 9:01 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
Let’s say I have a welder that looks like a dude. And I want “him”
to do a particular task. Would I say to a supervisor “they need to
do this task” rather than “he needs to do this task”. Them clearly
will not work. (This is not totally academic, I did have a
welder...) Probably should not say have s/he do the task. How do
you pronounce that. shuh hee
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— who identifies as non-binary transgender and prefers the pronouns
“they” and “them”—
How do you use this in speech? They and them are plural in my mind.
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