Posted on 08/30/2015 10:38:18 AM PDT by B4Ranch
"I know you're, but what am I?"
It's common and normal to use the neuter when discussing animals of unknown gender.
According to WritersDigest.com:
An animal is referred as it unless the relationship is personal (like a pet that has a name). Then its OK to use he or she when referring to the animal. This also applies to using who and whom. If the animal has a personal relationship with the person, then use who or whom. Otherwise you must exclusively use which or that. Heres an example that incorporates both of these rules:Personal: My horse, whom I call Steve, is my best friend. He comforts me when I ride him.
Generic: The stray dog, which I saw chasing its own tail, was shedding hair.
The personal rule also holds true if youre writing a kids book and the animals can talkas youre giving them human traits and making them characters your readers can get to know. Even if the animals dont have specific names, they are given personalities and this is enough to make them personal.
It's also OK to use personal pronouns when an animal's gender is known and relevant. E.g., "The bitch being in heat, she attracted male dogs from all around."
The public schools don’t teach such useless things as grammar and spelling any more. My wife is a public school teacher but she teaches SPec-Ed kids and is ignored by Administration so she gets to teach such things to the ones who are capable of it.Some of her LD first graders at the end of the school year read, write and speak better than do mainstream kids in 2nd and 3rd grades .
I hear this a lot...
You ask a person how they are. They answer something like “Fine, and yourself?”
It should be “...and you?”
I noticed this about 15 years ago and it really grates on me. It’s the equivalent of saying “I’m fine. How are yourself?”.
Yes, we all do it. About 90% of us.
It’s a hard habit to break when it is everywhere, including TV!
Cudda
Shudda
My pet peeve is the substitution of “to do” for action verbs. Without extending our vocabulary, we fail to express our intended meanings.
That is one angry flour!
Huh? What am I missing?
You are putting apostrophes on them as if plural, but the examples are for singular usage. I have never heard of NOT using them just because it’s not human.
We are going to grab a quick bite to eat and then head back to the office.
“We are going...” Who talks like dat?
The ABC/CBS/NBC/Fox readers speak as though they are captioning the video images that accompany the news.
They can't compose and speak a complete sentence to save their lives.
Does one write too much or to much (serious question)?
Equality in education will assure the masses are all slackjawed morons. You didn't think they were trying to make everyone smart?
Ask v ax.
Sorry, that is racist.
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There is no such thing as “concerning” in that context; it should be “of concern”. Fox people are using this more and more, and radio. I hate it. That legitimizes the idiots.
And here I thought you had more than one frog.
You have experienced Pennsylvania, the only region that does that unbelievable nonsense.
Never mind “let” vs “leave” and other egregious errors only they use.
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