re: Some preferred pronoun discussion - using “they”

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You want me to call you "they" well then, there is some mental illness dwelling deep inside.

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I just don't interact with them at all.

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Pronouns are words (or phrases) you substitute for nouns when your reader or listener already knows which noun you’re referring to. For example, you might say, “I have a dog. She’s brown and white.” There’s no need to clarify that you’re describing your dog in the second sentence because you already mentioned her in the first. With the pronoun she’s, you can avoid annoying repetition of dog.

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Pronouns on a resume = trash can filing.

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bald with a mustache

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"He or she" is an awkward as shite construction and is also poor way to handle such a situation. Strunk & White suggests to just pick one or avoid the situation by using a different descriptor, for example. I'm not mandating how anyone speaks. For me, I am going to choose to speak in the least ambiguous manner so I can best express myself to my audience. That's the purpose of language. It's ambiguous to refer to individuals using plural pronouns. It's even more confusing when the same subject's action is described by a singular verb in one sentence and a plural verb in another just because the proper name was used in the former and a pronoun in the latter. The pronoun is no longer serving its function of replacing a proper name in those cases. It's a regression in communication ability, so I won't do it.

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always assume scizophrenia

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