required plural marking in 2PP

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> It seems that the word "hint" did not communicate as intended.

It did. But this hint is not present for all speakers. When I first
heard chicks referring to and addressing one another as "guys" at UC
Davis back in 1969, it was as bizarre as any other language-change in
progress that I've come across for the first time. In 2012, however,
that _guys_ can be used by, to, and of a group consisting only of
women is no odder than the fact that _people_ can be used that way.

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