Re:How do you prove that Earth is older than 10,000 years?
by motardo on Thursday November 23, 2017 @04:37PM
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The gender of the name "Sabine" is not obvious to me. I wish English had a good gender neutral pronoun. "He or she" is too formal sounding. "They/their/them" is too informal sounding.
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Re:How do you prove that Earth is older than 10,000 years?
by jdmichal on Thursday November 23, 2017 @05:59PM
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I wonder why you feel that singular they is informal? There's nothing wrong with the construction. It's attested as far back as 14th century. And, as you mention, it certainly fills a void in the language.