User talk:Gilnims

Welcome

Hello Gilnims and welcome to Wikipedia! We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your contributions do not conform to our policies. For more information on this, see Wikipedia's policies on vandalism and limits on acceptable additions. If you'd like to experiment with the wiki's syntax, please do so in the sandbox rather than in articles.

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June 2015

Hello, I'm Darkwind. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Angel Haze because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. —Darkwind (talk) 02:47, 10 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

More specifically, it is not up to you to determine "improper pronoun usage". If a person prefers to be referred to by a particular set of pronouns, current Wikipedia guidelines are to respect that usage in the article about that person. Changing the pronouns, especially to something like "it" which is generally considered offensive when applied to a person, is ignorant at best and malicious at worst. Please stop. —Darkwind (talk) 02:49, 10 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Singular they

Hey, I saw you objected to the use of singular they; all other issues aside, you are wrong. While proscriptive grammarians demanded we not split infinitives, say "it is I" and other such things, they are not coming from native English speech but instead applying French and Latin grammars onto English. I hereby provide you with a nice Wikipedia link of famous people over history using the singular "they", from Chaucer till now: Singular they#Older usage by respected authors, including Shakespeare. Use of singular they is in fact described in many modern grammar books.

In addition, analyses shows that even native or fluent English speakers who say "they cannot be used for the singular" regularly do so when talking; they simply are unaware they are doing it. Ogress _smash! 21:17, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]