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AP style change: Singular they is acceptable ‘in limited cases’
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| 3-24-17
| Kristen Hare
Posted on 03/25/2017 8:32:08 AM PDT by NoKoolAidforMe
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More insanity from the left.
To: NoKoolAidforMe
The dictionary like the Constitution, the left decides is changeable.
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posted on
03/25/2017 8:33:36 AM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(I've wasted enough time eating mushrooms and conversing with hookah smoking caterpillars.)
To: NoKoolAidforMe
Ah, yes. By all means. Rearrange the deck chairs.
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posted on
03/25/2017 8:34:00 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: NoKoolAidforMe
They should only be used in the singular when referring to schizophrenics.
Non-binary persons should be called “it”.
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posted on
03/25/2017 8:34:01 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
To: a fool in paradise
I thought that depends on what the definition of what is is.
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posted on
03/25/2017 8:35:29 AM PDT
by
Bernard
(The Road To Hell Is Not Paved With Good Results)
To: NoKoolAidforMe
THEY want to use ‘they’ so as not to identify who ‘they’ are, so the lies cannot be traced back to ‘THEM’.
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posted on
03/25/2017 8:35:47 AM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: NoKoolAidforMe
The angle and rate of our society’s descent are increasingly rapidly. The end will come suddenly.
To: originalbuckeye
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posted on
03/25/2017 8:38:27 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
To: NoKoolAidforMe
It always bothers me when people use “they” to replace “he or she”. It’s been in use for a very long time.
I guess it’s now officially acceptable. I still don’t like it.
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posted on
03/25/2017 8:39:02 AM PDT
by
map
To: Always A Marine
Only one generation of fools....
...straight into the dumpster.
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posted on
03/25/2017 8:39:51 AM PDT
by
ptsal
To: a fool in paradise
Non-binary persons should be called it. Similar to how I refer to them, as "It!" with a capital letter. Watched a lot of alien monster movies as a kid. What shouldn't be, but is out there.
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posted on
03/25/2017 8:43:01 AM PDT
by
roadcat
To: NoKoolAidforMe
They is OK when describing a single person who’s not binary?
Getting so sick and tired of seeing this binary word. It is getting shoveled into every nook and cranny of the blogosphere (another term I detest); just about every opinion piece (I’ve read it three times already this morning) It’s made its way into the eletist language of right and left having emigrated from computer science and mathematics. Keep it there.
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posted on
03/25/2017 8:45:51 AM PDT
by
CARTOUCHE
(Deep State has a tap root.)
To: NoKoolAidforMe
I do mind, the Dude minds. This will not stand, ya know, this aggression will not stand, man.
To: NoKoolAidforMe
Just a logical follow-on from the now gender-neutral “guys.”
To: NoKoolAidforMe
Can we go with Anglo-Saxon orthography too? At least that would make more sense than a “singular they”.
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posted on
03/25/2017 8:51:12 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: originalbuckeye
They is? They was? They knows?
I can haz a cheezeberger?
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posted on
03/25/2017 8:51:43 AM PDT
by
alloysteel
(John Galt has chosen to take the job. This time, Atlas did NOT shrug.)
To: NoKoolAidforMe
So from now on, it’s “from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs.”
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posted on
03/25/2017 8:56:36 AM PDT
by
Rufii
To: NoKoolAidforMe
Using ‘they’ is better than using Ze or Zit.
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posted on
03/25/2017 9:01:35 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: map
I guess its now officially acceptable. I still dont like it.I don't like it either, but it's only a "guide." AP is a needed service, but only that.
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posted on
03/25/2017 9:03:31 AM PDT
by
Ace's Dad
(BTW, "Ace" is now Captain Ace. But only when I'm bragging about my son!)
To: NoKoolAidforMe
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posted on
03/25/2017 9:27:03 AM PDT
by
bigbob
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