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: Or is "they" good enough to cover the lost ground with more
: meanings? Isn't English confusing enough?
: (Constantly running into this issue in my writing. "One would..."
: sounds condescending and "He or she would..." is too qualifying
: while not actually covering all options. Hence "They would..."
: but then you lose your singular/plurality specification....)
'That person' is also possible but can sound rude unless delivered correctly.
But for god's sake don't make something new up: there are a enough languages still around after the Babel Incident there is no need to make things worse. Steal something from another language that fits the bill. Perhaps Japanese? "Ano kata", "ano hito", "yatsu" - in order from formal to informal, apparently. If you're writing sci-fi you can easily pass off the usage as 'world building' a la Firefly and it's use of Chinese swears :P
Halo and the Bechdel Test | Cody Miller | 3/22/14 5:26 pm |
Re: Halo and the Bechdel Test | Cody Miller | 3/22/14 5:27 pm |
Auntie Dot too, but no interaction either *NM* | ZackDark | 3/22/14 5:49 pm |
Re: Auntie Dot too, but no interaction either | Cody Miller | 3/22/14 6:05 pm |
Re: Auntie Dot too, but no interaction eithe | Grizzlei | 3/22/14 10:32 pm |
Re: Auntie Dot too, but no interaction eithe | NartFOpc | 3/23/14 3:08 am |
Re: Halo and the Bechdel Test | breitzen | 3/22/14 6:17 pm |
Re: Halo and the Bechdel Test | Cody Miller | 3/22/14 6:27 pm |
Re: Halo and the Bechdel Test | breitzen | 3/22/14 7:22 pm |
Re: Halo and the Bechdel Test | Leviathan | 3/22/14 9:01 pm |
Re: Halo and the Bechdel Test | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 3/22/14 5:52 pm |
Halo 4 *SP* | Grizzlei | 3/22/14 7:52 pm |
Nearly sold myself short! | Grizzlei | 3/22/14 7:57 pm |
Re: Nearly sold myself short! | RC Master | 3/22/14 8:59 pm |
Re: Nearly sold myself short! | Grizzlei | 3/22/14 9:13 pm |
Re: Nearly sold myself short! | ckamp | 3/25/14 2:48 am |
Re: Nearly sold myself short! | Quirel | 3/23/14 12:32 am |
Re: Nearly sold myself short! | Grizzlei | 3/24/14 12:34 am |
Re: Nearly sold myself short! | Schooly D | 3/24/14 1:21 pm |
Re: Nearly sold myself short! | Grizzlei | 3/24/14 2:42 pm |
Re: Nearly sold myself short! | Quirel | 3/24/14 3:22 pm |
Re: Nearly sold myself short! | Grizzlei | 3/24/14 11:36 pm |
Re: Nearly sold myself short! | Quirel | 3/25/14 2:03 am |
Re: Halo 4 *SP* | Cody Miller | 3/22/14 8:02 pm |
Re: Halo 4 *SP* | Grizzlei | 3/22/14 8:09 pm |
Re: Halo 4 *SP* | Cody Miller | 3/22/14 8:27 pm |
Re: Halo 4 *SP* | Grizzlei | 3/22/14 8:33 pm |
What happened to "it"? *NM* | ZackDark | 3/22/14 10:27 pm |
Re: What happened to "it"? | Grizzlei | 3/22/14 10:51 pm |
Re: What happened to "it"? | uberfoop | 3/23/14 1:14 am |
Re: What happened to "it"? | ZackDark | 3/23/14 5:30 pm |
Re: What happened to "it"? | uberfoop | 3/23/14 8:28 pm |
Re: What happened to "it"? | NartFOpc | 3/23/14 8:41 pm |
Re: What happened to "it"? | uberfoop | 3/23/14 8:46 pm |
Or more seriously... | uberfoop | 3/23/14 8:50 pm |
Re: Halo 4 *SP* | uberfoop | 3/22/14 8:19 pm |
Re: Halo 4 *SP* | Leviathan | 3/22/14 8:59 pm |
Re: Halo 4 *SP* | Grizzlei | 3/22/14 9:17 pm |
Re: Halo 4 *SP* | Leviathan | 3/22/14 10:55 pm |
Re: Halo 4 *SP* | RC Master | 3/22/14 9:33 pm |
Re: Halo 4 *SP* | Leviathan | 3/22/14 10:58 pm |
WHOA WHOA WHOA | uberfoop | 3/23/14 12:59 am |
Re: WHOA WHOA WHOA | Leviathan | 3/23/14 9:30 am |
Re: Halo 4 *SP* | ckamp | 3/25/14 3:14 am |
Halo Wars | Grizzlei | 3/22/14 8:07 pm |
Re: Halo 4 *SP* | kanbo | 3/22/14 10:13 pm |
Re: Halo 4 *SP* | Grizzlei | 3/22/14 10:18 pm |
Re: Halo and the Bechdel Test | Quirel | 3/22/14 10:29 pm |
Re: Halo and the Bechdel Test | Ragashingo | 3/22/14 11:48 pm |
Sadie and the Crone | scarab | 3/23/14 3:23 pm |
Good catch! *NM* | Quirel | 3/23/14 3:44 pm |
That's pretty one-sided, IMO. Both parts. *NM* | ZackDark | 3/23/14 5:34 pm |