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In the article about a suitable alternative to “you guys,” Joe Pinsker makes this astounding claim, twice: "English lacks a standard gender-neutral second-person plural pronoun.”
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<div class="">Say it isn’t so, Joe. <a href="http://bit.ly/2PyheDB" class="">http://bit.ly/2PyheDB</a></div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial; margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class=""><font face="Helvetica" style="font-family: Helvetica;" class="">Dennis Baron</font></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class=""><font face="Helvetica" style="font-family: Helvetica;" class="">Professor of English and Linguistics</font></div>
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<div class="">On Aug 23, 2018, at 12:20 PM, Francis Hult <<a href="mailto:francis.hult@englund.lu.se" class="">francis.hult@englund.lu.se</a>> wrote:</div>
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The Problem With ‘Hey Guys’<br class="">
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A broad coalition of English speakers—teachers, retail workers, ice-cream scoopers, and plenty of others—is grasping for a more inclusive greeting.<br class="">
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