Transgender, a Challenge for the Conservative Mindset

Eric said:
Does it really though? I mean I live arguably the most pronoun sensitive area on the planet and I have never once struggled with this, not a single time, and neither has anyone I personally know. If it's cumbersome then it's because you're you're making it that way for yourself when it's absolutely unnecessary.
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I was always perfectly happy with he/she. Then APA version 6 was released and no longer allowed that, going with they/them instead. 🙄
 
Eric said:
Seriously, that bubble has to be mind numbing. It's like there's an entire world of real things going on out there and Conservatives are afraid to turn off Fox News and leave the comfort of their right wing couch to see for themselves.
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No. The lack of a singular non-gender pronoun has been an issue for the English language since long-before it had anything to do with Transgender’s.
 
I MUCH prefer "he/she" to "they" because for the 80 years I have been on this planet and speaking/hearing/writing English, "they" has been used to indicate plural/more than one person. I find it annoying and a bit confusing to read an article where "they" is used throughout and at times it not clear whether one person or more than one person is being written about. I do respect and understand why someone who is binary or uncertain about how they want to identify themselves does not want to be called "he" or "she" when they don't feel like a "he" or a "she"...... We humans are indeed not precisely cut-and-dried, to be viewed in absolute terms of either-or; there's a lot of continuum in between one "absolute" and the other "absolute." Many human beings (and perhaps animals as well) are more gender fluid than that, and this is fine.

The problem is that we all do need to come to some sort of agreement on what terminology and pronoun preferences can work well for all of us and that would also make written and spoken communication much clearer. For me, "they" does not cut the mustard. However, of course if I meet someone in person or am communicating in writing and the preference is for "they," I certainly do respect their choice and go with it.
 
Yoused said:
You just have to

We were taught that the oxford comma is improper. As for the prohibition prepostions at the end of sentences, as Winnie said, this is something up with which I shall not put!
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I don’t remember it having a name, just that you don’t need a comma before a conjunction.
 
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