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Re:Ruby removed “Participants will be tolerant of opposing v... by BrandoElFollito on Friday October 01, 2021 @07:37AM (#28717140)
Well, to me saying "ils sont là!" when there is a crowd of 200 girls and one boy is still weird :) I would probably say "elles sont là!" despite it not being grammatical.

As for the genders of nouns, my native English French speaking friends are usually in pain.

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Re:Ruby removed “Participants will be tolerant of opposing v... by Zababa on Friday October 01, 2021 @07:53AM (#28717274)
I feel the same, and I think it's fair to switch to feminine in these cases. My point was just that it sounds a bit less weird than saying "elles sont là" when there is 200 girls and a boy.
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