Note also that we're not referring to any group with a male or female pronoun. While English lacks a gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun (well, technically we have 'it,' but we don't apply that to people), it also lacks a gender-specific third-person plural pronoun. What we are referring to is one non-specific person. You're not supposed to be able to tell whether it's a male or a female because it doesn't matter. Convention has us use "he," but using she works exactly the same way. The only difference is that since the feminine pronoun is less-used, it is more noticeable.
The first line in your supposed proof proves you wrong. English has NO proper third person singular gender-neutral pronoun. They is commonly used but is not proper, regardless of whether Shakespeare used it or anyone else.
He is the generally accepted pronoun, but she is being increasingly used. Neither implies an exclusion of the other sex.
It is my understanding that despite what that says, the judicial system has ruled that making a copy of a cd and giving that to a friend IS in fact legal. It was on these grounds that Napster went to court saying what they were doing was legal. They of course lost because the whole of the internet does not count as one's friend.
Sarcasm aside, I think it's still newsworthy if a company has been doing something in seemingly every country but the US, and now suddenly is moving into the US.
I was wondering if the comment about offshoring was really a joke or what, because there are plenty of warm places in the US. Lots of companies are already based in warm climates, in California, Texas, the Carolinas, etc.
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I used to have one of those! But it died. How can you guarantee that your WeaselBalls won't break my heart just like all the others?
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Google is only a copyright breach as much as a library is.
Firefox should be more lenient with their HTML the way IE is...
No, no it shouldn't. That would only encourage people to write crappy, non-standard code. IE should be less lenient.
...is someone going to pre-record some radio talk shows and put it into iPod pretending that it's doing radio too?
I thought that was the point of the Radio Shark.
First off, trying to be insulting makes for a poor debate.
So does your antagonizing tone.
But common usage does not imply correctness.
Note also that we're not referring to any group with a male or female pronoun. While English lacks a gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun (well, technically we have 'it,' but we don't apply that to people), it also lacks a gender-specific third-person plural pronoun. What we are referring to is one non-specific person. You're not supposed to be able to tell whether it's a male or a female because it doesn't matter. Convention has us use "he," but using she works exactly the same way. The only difference is that since the feminine pronoun is less-used, it is more noticeable.
The first line in your supposed proof proves you wrong. English has NO proper third person singular gender-neutral pronoun. They is commonly used but is not proper, regardless of whether Shakespeare used it or anyone else.
He is the generally accepted pronoun, but she is being increasingly used. Neither implies an exclusion of the other sex.
It is my understanding that despite what that says, the judicial system has ruled that making a copy of a cd and giving that to a friend IS in fact legal. It was on these grounds that Napster went to court saying what they were doing was legal. They of course lost because the whole of the internet does not count as one's friend.
If you've Read The Fine Article, you know that the device has "almost unlimited" resolution.
Sarcasm aside, I think it's still newsworthy if a company has been doing something in seemingly every country but the US, and now suddenly is moving into the US.
I was wondering if the comment about offshoring was really a joke or what, because there are plenty of warm places in the US. Lots of companies are already based in warm climates, in California, Texas, the Carolinas, etc.
I used to have one of those! But it died. How can you guarantee that your WeaselBalls won't break my heart just like all the others?
Women aren't a minority.