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  • EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de
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    those things are very poorly made and all the most important parts are made of cheap plastic that an average person can literally rip off with his or her bare hands

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      29 days ago

      “their” is shorter than “his or her”

      (Even if you don’t care about gender inclusiveness, they is just more convenient)

      • GHiLA@sh.itjust.works
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        29 days ago

        If you’re correcting, sincerely, then good job.

        If you’re trolling… also, good job.

        Either way 👍

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          I wasn’t strictly meaning to correct so much as point out a reason why it’s more concise. I value the inclusive motivation too, if that was hard to tell; I just think there is another reason even if you don’t care about inclusion.

          It seems a lot of people are actively opposed to it though, not sure why. I’m just asking questions, you know?

          😉

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            I’ll bet a lot of times people just start typing “he” and tack on “or she” when they catch themselves.

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        The best English literature doesn’t follow the basis of most convenient or shortest. Sometimes there are other reasons to choose a word of phrase.

        The plot of Romeo and Juliet could be rewritten in a paragraph but probably wouldn’t have had the same impact.

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          True, but this isn’t prose or high literature. What reason do you suggest why “his or her” would be preferable to “their” in this context?

          The prescriptivist “It’s grammatically incorrect” argument doesn’t hold much water when it has been used since middle English.

          In a poem, I can see the thought:
          “I tried to fit the cadence of this clause
          Within the measure of this poem’s form
          Which has in past and present be the norm
          By which this poem, too, seeks to adhere.
          This is my authorial choice’s cause
          for my decision not to use a “their”.” But if to find an alternate way to word
          Your writing’s pronouns strikes you as absurd
          I nonetheless opine that you still ought
          To make the token effort to include
          With “their” all people by the same respect
          That you for yourself would from them expect.
          Refusing this, I feel, would be quite rude.

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              29 days ago

              Then the original comment would read

              hose hings are very poorly made and all he most imporan pars are made of cheap plasic ha an average person can lierally rip off wih his or her bare hands

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            Comments here are a short form of writing, therefore people are allowed to phrase things and say things however they would like to. You won’t know someone’s intent before reading, so the way they write makes a difference.

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            I once heard it described as a “3 day relationship between a 13-year-old and a 16-year-old that left 6 people dead”