Quinn C
2018-02-14 22:35:18 UTC
In an ad frequently heard these days on NPR:
... tell your smart speaker - who's name I will not say, because
*she* might be listening - tell *it* to play NPR ...
That would really be confusing in a language that has grammatical
gender. The two pronouns would *have to* have distinct referents.
... tell your smart speaker - who's name I will not say, because
*she* might be listening - tell *it* to play NPR ...
That would really be confusing in a language that has grammatical
gender. The two pronouns would *have to* have distinct referents.
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If you kill one person, you go to jail; if you kill 20, you go
to an institution for the insane; if you kill 20,000, you get
political asylum. -- Reed Brody, special counsel
for prosecutions at Human Rights Watch
If you kill one person, you go to jail; if you kill 20, you go
to an institution for the insane; if you kill 20,000, you get
political asylum. -- Reed Brody, special counsel
for prosecutions at Human Rights Watch