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Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or... by greglindahl on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @06:04AM (#14694782)
I was speaking about gendered nouns. They help me resolve pronouns.
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Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or... by nicky0 on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @04:55PM (#14698220)
Oops I'm sorry about the mansplaining then. Can you give an example? I'm struggling to conceive what you mean.
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Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or... by greglindahl on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @05:01PM (#14698256)
The nouns for heel, foot, and toe have gender. When I get to the end of a dance step mentioning all 3, and it says "and in the final beat you lift <pronoun>", I use the clue that the pronoun gender should match the noun gender to try to finger out what the antecedent is.
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