Know you have the freedom to make things right with the customer. Anything short of handing them cash, feel free to do.

-Experienced employee to newer employee at Open Book

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Alan Jacobs publicly acknowledges his acceptance of singular they.

He won’t use it, but his students may.

I’m proud of you, professor.

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Related:

• A grammar book I paged through said this sentence is correct
• One time you shouldn’t use they/them/their as singular
• 3 pronoun options if you’re against singular they

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If you continue performing for decades, it’s easy to become a travesty of yourself.

Nazareth might be a good example.

1974:

2008:

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We now live in a culture that encourages us to remain childishly egocentric into and through adulthood. Breast-feeding infants excel as consumers.

-Families at the Crossroads, 135

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1. am not > amn’t
2. amn’t > an’t (pronounced non-Americanly, ahn’t)
3. an’t is homophonous with aren’t
4. The spelling of an’t adjusted to match its homophone.

(Read the more thorough explanation I took this from.)

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