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Re:Richard Stallman Has Announced the GNU Kind Communication... by monocasa on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @10:48AM (#18292874)
> One of my great pet peeves in modern usage of language is the lack of precision of usage

What makes you think this is a modern thing?

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Re:Richard Stallman Has Announced the GNU Kind Communication... by tedunangst on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @11:51AM (#18293464)
Everything bad is modern. Things used to be so much better back in the before times.
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Re:Richard Stallman Has Announced the GNU Kind Communication... by monocasa on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @11:55AM (#18293516)
Make English Great Again</s>
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Re:Richard Stallman Has Announced the GNU Kind Communication... by wirrbel on Thursday October 25, 2018 @05:38AM (#18299629)
The great thing about language is that you can choose the level of precision you want to use.

Gender and Numerus (Singular Plural) ia usually not the kind of precision valuable in my opinion so I am fine with singular they.

Also, as a non-native speaker I don't get how people get outraged about singular they but not singular you. For credibility stallman should start using they.

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