EPTKaelaris claims one of the best foreigners is coming back…
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MrMotionPicture
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Sashka
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cheekymonkey
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You would never form a sentence like "Idra has retired, and they will not be returning". You use "he", because it's specifically Idra. This applies even to the sentence "The player I am thinking of has retired, and they will not be returning". It's still a reference specific player, you would use "he" or "she" (or "he or she"). But in a sentence like "When a player retires, they might come back at some point", you would use "they". Here the reference is generic, since it's not a specific player you are talking about. It's impersonal, just like using the word "one", as in "One should not do X". It means something completely different than "He should not do X". Conclusion: It's must be a hint that it's vortix and lucifron | ||
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MrMotionPicture
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On January 10 2016 09:19 rycho wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they That's what I'm talking about! Europeans, learn this. | ||
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GinDo
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 Nazgul vs. TLO Showmatch please. | ||
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
On January 10 2016 11:03 cheekymonkey wrote: As far as I know you wouldn't use "they" to refer to a specific person, rather as a generic reference or a reference to an individual whose identity is unknown to all (which in this instance, is not the case for Kaelaris). You would never form a sentence like "Idra has retired, and they will not be returning". You use "he", because it's specifically Idra. This applies even to the sentence "The player I am thinking of has retired, and they will not be returning". It's still a reference specific player, you would use "he" or "she" (or "he or she"). But in a sentence like "When a player retires, they might come back at some point", you would use "they". Here the reference is generic, since it's not a specific player you are talking about. It's impersonal, just like using the word "one", as in "one should not do X". It means something completely different than "He should not do X". Conclusion: It's must be a hint that it's vortix and lucifron If you're gonna read that much into the use of one word, then go back to the original tweet which says 'one of' not 'some of' the best foreigners. One does not equal two no matter how you want to twist the english language  | ||
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cheekymonkey
France1387 Posts
On January 10 2016 11:14 Phredxor wrote: If you're gonna read that much into the use of one word, then go back to the original tweet which says 'one of' not 'some of' the best foreigners. One does not equal two no matter how you want to twist the english language BUT, even if two (of the best) players are to return, "one of" would still technically be true. He might just have omitted the information regarding the other. This is a logic puzzle, dammit. Actually, Kaelaris probably used "they" because HuK (incorrectly afaik) referred to the specific person in question as "they". | ||
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Phredxor
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FXOTheoRy
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MrMotionPicture
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digmouse
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kuan888
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LimitSEA
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Nirel
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Polygamy
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On January 06 2016 02:11 feebas wrote: thorzain I hope, or maybe its Nani and this dude is just late to the party.... | ||
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Lumi
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Ppjack
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neptunusfisk
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On January 10 2016 11:07 MrMotionPicture wrote: That's what I'm talking about! Europeans, learn this. Do you mean this as in UK not being European? | ||
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Ej_
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On January 10 2016 11:07 MrMotionPicture wrote: That's what I'm talking about! Europeans, learn this. the only people in this thread troubled with the use of "they" as gender-neutral pronoun refering to a single person have United States put as their country of residence so lol@you sucks that Vortix and Lucifron are leaving HotS but oh well, I hope TL can find good replacements | ||
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LemOn
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