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That pronoun page is very hard to follow so who knows.
by ndjdjddjsjj 2y ago
That pronoun page is very hard to follow so who knows.
- voidUpdate 2y agoAs I understand it, generally it prefers being referred to in the third person with inanimate it/its pronouns, including by itself, but in a professional setting they and she can be acceptable. And to clarify, I'm not trying to "call it out" on its mistake or something, I'm just trying to understand
- decremental 2y ago[dead]
- KronisLV 2y agoYour curiosity is welcome, don't heed the sibling commenter: they essentially seem to be acting like a troll, most of their comments are flagged. Then again, I don't have an answer here, just wanted to offset the negativity. Nice blog post though, some of the other comments are pretty cool, especially the mentions of the "clumsy" tool.
- voidUpdate 2y agoYeah, I ended up asking some of my LGBT friends and we had a bit of a discussion about the circumstances of using "it" and how it can feel uncomfortable sometimes