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minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 hours agoThe whole point of pronouns, I would argue, is to not need a separate set for every instance. Otherwise you may as well just use Dan/Dan/Dan’s/Danself conjugated for each name. Pronouns: Are (generally) shorter than names, because there’s less need for them to be unique and they’re used more frequently. Can be used even when you don’t know specifics about a person or object, or they don’t want to give out their name. Everyone knows how to conjugate them, so once you know someone is a ‘they’, you can readily extrapolate to them, their, theirs.
The whole point of pronouns, I would argue, is to not need a separate set for every instance.
Otherwise you may as well just use Dan/Dan/Dan’s/Danself conjugated for each name.
Pronouns:
Are (generally) shorter than names, because there’s less need for them to be unique and they’re used more frequently.
Can be used even when you don’t know specifics about a person or object, or they don’t want to give out their name.
Everyone knows how to conjugate them, so once you know someone is a ‘they’, you can readily extrapolate to them, their, theirs.