Re: [OT] Grammatic gender

[mskala]

On Fri, 17 Nov 2017, J Martin Rushton wrote:
> There is a similar issue with the "apologetic apostrophe" in Scots.
> From the 18thC to mid-20thC writers inserted apostrophes where Scots
> didn't have a consonant that English does.  For instance the English
> word "give" is equivalent to the Scots word "gie".  The apologetic
> apostrophe would render this "gi'e" but this is now frowned upon.

Maybe someday writers of English will ha[v]e to use apologetic
square brackets.

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