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3. Sad, and illustrative of the point.

Tue Oct 31, 2017, 01:32 PM

Oct 2017

French is a gendered language. But we also use the pronoun on, meaning one, as a substitute when a singular pronoun is needed.

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Man Made Language (Dr. Dale Spender) [View all] niyad Oct 2017 OP

Recommended. guillaumeb Oct 2017 #1

sad, is it not? niyad Oct 2017 #2

Sad, and illustrative of the point. guillaumeb Oct 2017 #3

that works!! niyad Nov 2017 #4