Re: Epicene pronoun in english?
| From: | And Rosta <a.rosta@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, March 7, 2004, 21:15 |
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shit, a really confusing typo here:
> I've noticed that a disproportionate amount of prescriptivism
> that I encounter comes from America (-- written English, this
> is). Not that your average American is a prescriptivist,
> but rather than your average prescriptivist is an American.
> (within the anglo world, of course)
"but rather THAT your average prescriptivist is an American",
that should be.
--And.