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Re: Is it necessary to distinguish inclusiveness in possessive markers?

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Sunday, January 25, 2004, 19:10
Quoting Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>:

> --- Trebor Jung <treborjung@...> wrote: > > > I guess sg/pl for 2p is unnecessary, so it's > > scrapped now. > > Hardly unnecessary! Clearly inclusion/exclusion > is important to the culture that speaks this > language. Now tha's making it impossible for me > to include/exclude certain of my listeners! > > Why does tha think English has half ass patches > like "y'all" to begin with?
Divisive personality disorder. Andreas