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zingerella

Reflecting on Redundant Reflexives

May 25, 2006 11:20

Thursday Usage* Note

This CBC article provides a lovely example of redundant reflexism:

The police have now agreed they will allow a person to self-identify themselves as a transsexual.
Query to the CBC and to the police: would it be possible for a person to self-identify someone else as a transsexual ( Read more... )

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possible answer to the grammatical question anonymous May 25 2006, 16:22:47 UTC

The police have now agreed that they will allow a person to identify their self as a transexual.

-- Graydon

Re: possible answer to the grammatical question sabotabby May 25 2006, 18:15:28 UTC

The police have now decided that they will allow a persyn to identify hirself as a transsexual. ;)

Re: possible answer to the grammatical question human_loser May 25 2006, 19:59:57 UTC

Da Five-Oh be down wit da trannies, yo!

Maybe not?

Re: possible answer to the grammatical question zingerella May 25 2006, 20:57:10 UTC

I think not.

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