Well he would say it's not functioning as a minor chord it's functioning as a dominant, so any kind of Em is off the table. Also if you call the major third the

Well he would say it's not functioning as a minor chord it's functioning as a dominant, so any kind of Em is off the table. Also if you call the major third the b11 you are turning one of the notes of the main triad into an extension which he would take issue with too. But you know, obviously do whatever makes sense to you. As Schonberg says in Harmonielehre, "There are no rules of music, only rules of style".