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Regardless, singular use still introduces ambiguity in communication. The basic function of a language is to communicate clearly and unambiguously. I say the
by dingaling 6y ago
Regardless, singular use still introduces ambiguity in communication.
The basic function of a language is to communicate clearly and unambiguously.
I say the same whenever I encounter any attempt to overload an existing word.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> Regardless, singular use still introduces ambiguity in communication. No, it doesn't much in practice, and less than using a gendered pronoun for situations of unknown gender does.
- salawat 6y agoIf you don't regularly run into issues with people dropping pronouns without proper or with ambiguous antecedents, who exactly are you talking to? It seems like just trying to get normal folks to unambiguously state nounwise what they are talking about tends more often than not to get hackles raised because people (wrongly) seem to assume you're being patronizing. I just maintain more conversational context than most, and pronouns can get askew really quick. Please, I don't need yet another layer of faux pas to be added on to getting people to unambiguously communicate.