May 27, 2009
Full grown adults get darn complicated when you set their life down on paper end to end. Yet it’s almost worth it…
The Brothers K, 123
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Don’t go gender neutrally referring to a pregnant lady’s baby as “them.â€
Because, no, she isn’t having multiples, thank you very much.
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Related:
• Masculine nouns can be gender neutral.
• 3 pronoun options for replacing singular they.
• A grammar book said this sentence is correct.
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Thabiti Anyabwile got my mom’s new book today and wrote a kind, perceptive review.
Also, he taught me a new word: phenotype.
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When you correct children’s language, it’s similar to remarking on their skin or weight or intelligence.
Do it carefully, if you must.
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Related:
• If you speak, you know grammar.
• Beware the oversimplification of grammar.
• How to deal with irritation at others’ grammar.
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Put ‘gently used’ stuff [out] with a sign “free” on it…no takers. Put “for sale” and it was stolen by morning.
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