Shock! Horror!

[mmcirvin]

Michael Quinion comes out forcefully in favor of singular they. (An interesting detail: He says that most of the objections he hears are from Americans.)

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[kerri9494.livejournal.com]

most of the objections he hears are from Americans

...and people who understand the language! BZZZT GAAAAH!

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

It is to weep. But i'm ready to give up on it and move on. Actually, i'm ready to give up on a lot of stuff, like using "text" as a verb and starting sentences with "Adverb,".

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[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

"Frankly," is always a lie.

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[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Not when i use it, but i know what you mean.

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[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

I just did a Google Groups search to find out how many times I began sentences with "Frankly". It seems as if I liked the word a lot until sometime in 1996 when I abruptly stopped using it.

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[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Hey, what else happened in your life around 1996? *nudge*