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Maj Posted 23 years ago
Grammar

Date

If I say i have a date with my best friend this Sunday at 4p.m. Would you understand it is a man or a woman?
  

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I wouldn't make any inferences as to the gender of your friend if I heard you say that.

  • I wouldn't make any inferences as to the gender of your friend if I heard you say that.
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I wouldn't make any inferences as to the gender of your friend if I heard you say that.
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Thanks for your help. Cheers.
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My oppinion is that if a person says about someone in such manner that conceals gender, it must definitely be someone of the opposite gender.

So if my task was to emphasise that the friend I am meeting with is a woman or a man, I would mention it somehow. Say, 'I have a date with my best friend at 4 p.m. This is a fellow (girl) that I know since the age of 10' would be better if you d
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Lol what difference does it make if ur best friends knows that?
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Excuse me, I don't understand the latter. Who knows what?

I thought you wanted to say 'I have a date with my best friend' and to be sure that the one you say it to will not confuse your friend's ***. That is why I suggested that you should add mentioning of your friend's gender because, IMHO, most people would suppose it is a man. If you don't want confusion, don't skip this detail. Tha
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You mean my best friend might be confused about his/her own ***. i doubt it. Don't ask me about his/her mind. Lol.Emotion: wink
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Oooooouuuughh...
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I was joking! No sense of humour Bubrrrrrrrrrrr!
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...brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

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