http://lecourrierdesetatsunis.com/2009/05/02/of-loos-and-language/ Journal franco-americain eclectique Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:34:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://lecourrierdesetatsunis.com/2009/05/02/of-loos-and-language/#comment-19 Sun, 03 May 2009 22:11:50 +0000 http://lecourrierdesetatsunis.com/2009/05/02/of-loos-and-language/#comment-19 Thank you for your thoughtful comment Pierre

]]> http://lecourrierdesetatsunis.com/2009/05/02/of-loos-and-language/#comment-18 Sun, 03 May 2009 22:10:29 +0000 http://lecourrierdesetatsunis.com/2009/05/02/of-loos-and-language/#comment-18 Well done.good post.It is sad indeed as you point out that journalists use “that” to refer to people as in “the man that came to see me”.while “that” usually denotes a segregation of an object–the one in particular- it should not refer to people.How right you are to bemoan these abuses.

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