"they is" and "he are" are acceptable grammar in Alabama. So are
"ain't" and "fixin".
[email protected] wrote:
Just take the last phrase: "and now Fred is ahead of schedule."
If substituting they and them for he, "now they is ahead of schedule"?
I guess it works if you are in Alabama...
-----Original Message----- From: Jay Weekley
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2017 10:26 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT please splain me sumptin
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, [email protected] 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
*From:* [email protected]
*Sent:* Saturday, December 23, 2017 9:54 AM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* [AFMUG] OT please splain me sumptin
— 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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