Tag Archives: pronouns
Pronoun Dysphoria
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 27th April 2023Pronoun madness has progressed to the point where even innocuous ones like us and we have been reshaped beyond analysis. Consider the following sentence from a New York Times article about bird flu published on April 23, 2023. The second sentence of the fourth paragraph reads as follows: “The Book of Matthew may assert that…
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The Poignant Fate of the Third Person Singular
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 30th January 2013The inexorable descent of civilization to refined barbarity has, among other insults, destroyed the formerly innocuous third person singular pronoun – he/she and all its relatives. It is now impossible to use this construction without making a political statement. I refer to its use when its referent noun is of unspecified gender. Back in the middle of the last…
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Everything’s Got a Reason, If Only You Can Find It
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 22nd January 2008Also in Commentary For a decade I’ve been a chairman. Last month I got a new ID card that declared I was now a chairperson. Since I believe in the inexorable march of progress I’m sure that this appellationary alteration will serve a noble end even if I’m clueless as to what it might be….
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