Is that right?
Really? The BBC of all institutions is mean to trans people? You’re going with that?
And how does the example illustrate his point? Where would a pronoun be an improvement in that caption? He’s saying that “Linehan cleared of harassing a transgender activist” should be replaced with “Linehan cleared of harassing a she/her”? Does he not understand what pronouns are? They’re there to simplify things by replacing two or three or more informative words with the much briefer “her” or “him” – but the cluster of informative words has to come first. Willoughby quoted a single 17 word title; there is no space or need to shorten “transgender activist” to “her”.
Maybe tomorrow we’ll discuss what a sentence is.
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3 responses to “Oh no not denied pronouns”
Perhaps he means in the article itself? But yes, he probably is hazy about the definition and function of “pronoun.”
I saw somewhere online, I can’t remember where, four or five years ago, that some eighth-grade teacher asked the pupils in a grammar lesson: “Does anyone know what a pronoun is?” And one of the pupils responded: “It’s something that you use on your gender journey.”
GW:
I sincerely hope that they gave that kid full marks. He/she/it should go far. In today’s crazy world.
Pronouns are in the eye of the beholder.