For me, it may be that the toilet paper roll needs to have the open end away from the wall. I don't want to reach under the roll to take a piece! That's ludicrous!

That or my recent addiction to correcting people when they use "less" when they should use "fewer"

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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (7 children)

agreed for humans, but I do like calling cars/boats/bikes/machines "she". makes me feel like a pirate :)

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

    oh im not talking about that.
    i'm talking about quasi-legalese phrases like "he/she may […]" "if he/she agrees", you know. the places where "they" would be both more grammatical and easier to understand

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I have been learning Spanish with Babbel and the

    El/Ella Compra

    Will never not sound wrong to me. El & Ella are two people, they Compran something they don't Compra it.

    But They as a singular in English absolutely just rolls off my tongue, makes absolute sense, it is what I use.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    he/she refers to a single individual, they can refer to multiple

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    They can also refer to an individual though.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    yeah, but its an ambiguity that can be picked at in legal settings. He/she makes it very clear that only singular person is being referred to

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