[WikiEN-l] Re: Sexist pronouns
Timwi
timwi at gmx.net
Fri Jul 18 09:34:55 UTC 2003
Delirium wrote:
>
> So when you say something like "They fall asleep as they watch TV,"
> it sounds very much like you're talking about multiple people.
Not really, because you wouldn't use it without establishing a context
first. Thus something like:
The student fell asleep as they were watching TV.
or:
As for the student, they fell asleep as they were watching TV.
which is unambiguous.
I really don't know why I said this, because after all that happened
with RK and stuff, the least I want on this list now is a "singular they
yes or no" debate, but ...
Timwi
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