[PDLM]

Originally Posted by Claire ex-ax

...waiting for the gripe regarding double negatives...

My only gripe is your use of "he/she" which I find extremely ugly. There's nothing wrong with "he" as a non-sex-specific term.

[XI_YAN]

lol why not 'she' as a 'non-specific' sex term? 'He' is not genderless and I prefer not to assume or presume that some-one is male when I am unable to determine their gender hence the use of he/she in those instances. It may be clumsy but until some linguistic expert comes up with a neutral gender pronoun (other than 'it') we are stuck with it; BUT as humans are either male or female (in most instances lol) I doubt it will happen soon.

[Lammarite]

We are all part of mankind, He said it was so.

[Krad]

Wait, are you saying the Flying Spaghetti Monster is male? I always thought it was genderless.

[PDLM]

No - the FSM must be male, otherwise why would he have a stripper factory and a beer volcano?

Good to see that others have been Touched by His Noodly Appendage though.

[Krad]

Yes, but think how much cooler it would be if the FSM was a female deity that also provided strippers and beer.

[jgl]

Some writers do use "she" instead of "he", just to make a point. Thankfully, it doesn't seem to be as popular as it was ten years ago though. I say "thankfully" because the political correctness of it was getting a bit tiresome.

I thought the FSM was post- (or pre-) gender.

[PDLM]

Depends on the sex of the strippers somewhat...

[jngai]

I would love to hear gawdchyld's response! Where is she??

[midorosan]

I was not writing about the grammar simply the appalling usage particularly of "like". As for capital letters and semi colons this is the age of instant messaging and this forum is not exactly the halls of academe, no offense of course. Nice to know that there are a few of you who know what punctuation is.
You will be happy to know that I am old enough to be grandpa to most of you and therefore assume the right to be grumpy.
regards to you all.