Re: Pronouns (was Re: Proposed Constitution)
--On Thu, Apr 30, 1998 1:03 pm +0200 Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
wrote:
>
> I´m did a little research and nobody here at my university I ask (not
> too many people, and not represantive, but FWIW) did know this use
> of "they".
>
> I would really appreciate a list of word explanations, as reading
> english legal texts is hard. I´m willing to learn new stuff, but
> I hope that Ian can provide such a list.
I'd just like to reassure you, Marcus, and any other non-English as first
language speakers here, that Ian and I are not proposing Debian adopt some
obscure antiquated english usage, just for the sake of it.
This use of 'they' really is in common use in everyday conversation, in my
experience, as well as in print.
The idea of a language glossary for non-native-english speakers does sound
like a good idea, however.
Jules
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