From: Alan BRASLAU <alan.braslau@cea.fr>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Grammar (was: Semantic data in ConTeXt?)
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:10:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201007270810.50212.alan.braslau@cea.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100725234713.GA25866@linux>
On Monday 26 July 2010 01:47:13 David Rogers wrote:
> * Matija Šuklje <matija@suklje.name> [2010-07-25 23:33]:
> >-.-.-
> >P.S. Is there a nicer wording then "(s)he" for referencing persona in
> >unisex gender (other then "one")?
>
> The correct unisex pronoun is "he". This whole question is an invented
> problem where no real problem exists.
>
> "They" is usually acceptable, even though it's technically incorrect.
> Many teachers of English are against its use, but in "real life" nobody
> cares.
He sells sea shells by the sea shore?
Alan
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Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-24 22:50 Semantic data in ConTeXt? Matija Šuklje
2010-07-25 10:02 ` Hans Hagen
2010-07-25 21:33 ` Matija Šuklje
2010-07-25 21:39 ` Martin Schröder
2010-07-25 21:50 ` Matija Šuklje
2010-07-25 21:41 ` Martin Schröder
2010-07-25 21:50 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2010-07-26 7:13 ` Hans Hagen
2010-07-25 23:47 ` Grammar (was: Semantic data in ConTeXt?) David Rogers
2010-07-26 8:23 ` Matija Šuklje
2010-07-26 9:48 ` John Haltiwanger
2010-07-26 10:06 ` Grammar Hans Hagen
2010-07-26 10:20 ` Grammar luigi scarso
2010-07-26 11:56 ` Grammar Matija Šuklje
2010-07-26 12:38 ` Grammar Hans Hagen
2010-07-26 19:33 ` Grammar Martin Schröder
2010-07-26 20:44 ` Grammar Matija Šuklje
2010-07-27 16:53 ` Grammar (was: Semantic data in ConTeXt?) Rory Molinari
2010-07-27 23:12 ` Marcin Borkowski
2010-07-28 0:00 ` Grammar Hans Hagen
2010-07-28 9:33 ` Grammar John Haltiwanger
2010-07-28 0:18 ` Grammar (was: Semantic data in ConTeXt?) Rory Molinari
2010-07-28 0:20 ` Marcin Borkowski
2010-07-27 6:10 ` Alan BRASLAU [this message]
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