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"how his past experiences influence his behaviour"
« on: May 10, 2007, 05:39:00 pm »
wasnt sure if anyone had noticed, but the lates news update reads
"how his past experiences influenced his current behaviour" or something like that anyway.....i'm assuming not all players are secretly males. just thought i would point out the obvious error there :thumbup: :oops:
« Last Edit: May 11, 2007, 06:49:32 am by ereale »

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Re: "how his past experiences influence his behaviour"
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2007, 06:07:49 pm »
 ;) Just because Chicks don't need no explanation  :D

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Re: "how his past experiences influence his behaviour"
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2007, 04:59:18 am »
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Re: "how his past experiences influence his behaviour"
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2007, 06:09:54 am »
"He" has always had a secondary usage in English as a unisex pronoun.
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Re: "how his past experiences influence his behaviour"
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2007, 06:21:40 am »
Exactly right :) In fact most terms that are predominately male can be used as a unisex term.  "All mankind" in that case mankind refers to all persons in the human race even  though man is generally a male only term. 


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Re: "how his past experiences influence his behaviour"
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2007, 06:48:11 am »
yeah thanks all for your replies, i just thought it was a silly mistake that someone made when they typed, but you have all done so well in correcting my obvious ignorance on the topic, now i can see that it was i who blundered. i suppose for consistency, all characters should be reffered to as male from here on, because we all know they are both male and female.....

at the time, i thought it may have been more suitable to have chosen an obvious unisex term, such as the word "their" and i originally made this post to casually inform whoever typed it, so they could change it if they chose. I should have guessed the typical scenario would unfold.......... \\o//

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Re: "how his past experiences influence his behaviour"
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2007, 06:52:57 am »
yeah thanks all for your replies, i just thought it was a silly mistake that someone made when they typed, but you have all done so well in correcting my obvious ignorance on the topic, now i can see that it was i who blundered. i suppose for consistency, all characters should be reffered to as male from here on, because we all know they are both male and female.....

at the time, i thought it may have been more suitable to have chosen an obvious unisex term, such as the word "their" and i originally made this post to casually inform whoever typed it, so they could change it if they chose. I should have guessed the typical scenario would unfold.......... \\o//

When the characters are refered to as a collective whole or as nonspecific individuals, the male pronoun is acceptable.  "Their" is a plural possessive pronoun so it wouldn't fit in the sentence this thread was inspired by.
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Re: "how his past experiences influence his behaviour"
« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2007, 08:46:20 pm »
Seeing as it is just an avitar surely "it" would be perfectly acceptable.
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Re: "how his past experiences influence his behaviour"
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2007, 08:49:39 pm »
;) Just because Chicks don't need no explanation  :D
I kinda totally have to agree with that! :flowers:

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Re: "how his past experiences influence his behaviour"
« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2007, 09:20:19 pm »
;) Just because Chicks don't need no explanation  :D
I kinda totally have to agree with that! :flowers:
Am I missing something or are you agreeing with yourself?  :-\

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Re: "how his past experiences influence his behaviour"
« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2007, 09:40:47 pm »
 :D You are in BIG trouble if you don't agree with yourself ;)

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Re: "how his past experiences influence his behaviour"
« Reply #11 on: May 11, 2007, 09:41:38 pm »
perhaps they should have used "one's" ... acceptable all-around

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Re: "how his past experiences influence his behaviour"
« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2007, 09:47:36 pm »
perhaps they should have used "one's" ... acceptable all-around

No, because it's refering not to one's self but to one's character.
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Re: "how his past experiences influence his behaviour"
« Reply #13 on: May 11, 2007, 09:52:49 pm »
perhaps they should have used "one's" ... acceptable all-around

No, because it's refering not to one's self but to one's character.
Okay, I just went and re-read the whole thing ... as stated in the first post, "ones" could be used.  Definitely not on the home page though. 

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Re: "how his past experiences influence his behaviour"
« Reply #14 on: May 11, 2007, 10:19:58 pm »
And while that, I had the custom of using 'his/her", "one" and "it" when writing most of guild threads and information. *yawns*

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