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I don't think he'll move again, but the chain on his bike may need to be fixed. That could take a couple of weeks.
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The one thing I would say to help Non-English speakers write in English is to download an app that you can use with your browser called Grammarly. It can accurately help them quite a bit when writing in English.
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indeed the hardware has been updated with new video cards; but then he had trouble getting them to work and froze for a while
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I don't get it. I agree that using 'it' to refer to a person sounds awful. But how do you use 'they/them' for a single person?
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Of course. How else would you refer to someone if you don't know their gender?
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And the people will believe that there are more than one dev.
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They and Them are often used to define a group, as you said, but if you don't know the person's gender, "They" can be used as a gender-neutral word until you know their gender. In this case, L&P states that he is a male.
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Really interesting topics today! English for advanced learners. 
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Did he state that before or after his surgery in Korea?
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But this is something new, right? This reminds me that episode from 'This Is Us' where the daughter is 'teaching' her mother that she must not refer to her friend as 'she', because her friend is a non binary person. That she must use 'they' instead (And she yells at her mother actually).
I personally find this unnecessary, but to each 'their' own.
Hey! Look what example I found: the sentence is 'to each his own', not her own, neither their own, nor 'his/her' own. His own. If we don't know the gender of a person we use 'he'.
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I'm asking. I'm trying to learn, why do you need to be so rude?
So, this is nothing new, it's actually from forever, is that what you are saying?
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This isn't an AWAM thread, it's Pink Floyd's "Wall". Where some are intent on being "bricks".
"We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control." "HEY, TEACHERS! LEAVE THEM KIDS ALONE." JMHO
"We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control." "HEY, TEACHERS! LEAVE THEM KIDS ALONE."
JMHO
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Interesting discussion, but you are moving away from the new Progress line promoted by Biden and Trudeau. The new Progress line promotes inclusive, gender-neutral language.
So, excuse me, but English discriminates, separating by gender.
So, excuse me, but English discriminates, separating by gender.
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Keep your progressive communist. political views to yourself. We don't need them in our games.Interesting discussion, but you are moving away from the new Progress line promoted by Biden and Trudeau. The new Progress line promotes inclusive, gender-neutral language.
So, excuse me, but English discriminates, separating by gender.
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Ok, I respect Walt Whitman, one of the greatest American poets. Look this sentence from his poem 'Song of Myself, 48':
"And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own
funeral drest in his shroud."
Would you prefer something like:
"And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his/her own
funeral drest in his/her shroud."
Or
"And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his or her own
funeral drest in his or her shroud."
In the middle of a poem? Really?
And If you write: "And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to their own"
Is not that bad grammar?
I'm asking. No need to be rude.
"And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own
funeral drest in his shroud."
Would you prefer something like:
"And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his/her own
funeral drest in his/her shroud."
Or
"And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his or her own
funeral drest in his or her shroud."
In the middle of a poem? Really?
And If you write: "And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to their own"
Is not that bad grammar?
I'm asking. No need to be rude.
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I think you're making this a little bit more complicated than what it is.
"And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own
funeral drest in his shroud."
The author has already identified the gender in this sentence, and he is conveying that the gender is male in his poem. Now let's go back to your previous example of "They." I think this is the best way to describe this word in a sentence with a definition.
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Picture you're outside of a store, and you and someone with you see a person in the store, but you don't know the gender. One of you may tell the other to go see if they may help you. Once you know the gender, you can use the word he or she.
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Oh no, he is clearly referring to all the people, he isn't referring to a single person, he is talking about everybody, every gender.
My question about your example is that if this is a new way of speaking? Or you have used 'they' in that context always, since centuries ago?