On 09/22/2015 10:29 AM, Geoff Winkless wrote:
Oh, good! We're actually going to have this argument? Even though I
said I don't care what you do?
On 22 September 2015 at 15:11, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net
<mailto:and...@dunslane.net>> wrote:
On 09/22/2015 09:25 AM, Geoff Winkless wrote:
If someone sends me a document that uses "their" in a
singular usage, I will think that person is lazy. That will
continue to be the case, whether people tell me that it's
accepted usage or not.
You can think that if you like,
Thanks! That's a great relief to me, as I'm sure you can imagine.
but it's not even remotely true.
You just stated that the reason you don't want to use the plural
form I suggested is because it's too hard/time-consuming. That does
suggest you accept that it's a valid solution but you're too lazy to
use it.
It's a deliberate choice to use a new, perfectly reasonable and
now widely accepted style of which you disapprove, but it's not lazy.
That's your opinion; my opinion remains otherwise. It's not
"perfectly reasonable" to abuse the plural because some 1960s
feminazis either misunderstood or didn't like the fact that (because
of history) in English the gender-neutral singular happens to also be
the male singular.
Happily for me, I can continue to write documents in a grammatically
correct way, and no-one will read them and think I'm a grammar-nazi
(or obstinate, or old-fashioned or whatever) because unless they're
specifically looking for it no-one will notice that I'm avoiding the
contentious usage altogether. On the other hand, there _will_ be a
(perhaps significant) proportion of people who read your documents and
think that you're incapable of writing a grammatically correct sentence.
Wow, 1960s feminazis, eh? I originally thought you were just a narrow
minded, pedantic and antiquated grammarian. Now I realize that's the
least of your troubles. Please take your misogyny elsewhere. I hear the
Rabid Puppies have openings.
cheers
andrew
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