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Re: Old fashioned pronouns

#3709 07/19/00 02:59 PM

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tsuwm
HA!
there is no greater stretch in terms of stretches.
it's just that when one group becomes the default neutral then the other group becomes the default unrecognised.
plural just happens to cover everyone and is thus fairer.

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