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Originally Posted by Meursy
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Originally Posted by licker
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Originally Posted by Meursy
Yeah Max what were you thinking! Using 'your' as a generic pronoun to express an opinion!
The cheek!  |
A generic pronoun is 'ones' or 'an' not necessarily your.  |
Would you accept a generic possessive pronoun then?  |
Well, generic in the sense that most people would use it without thinking, expecting a reasonable person reading it to understand they just meant a given person's empire
>By the time your empire is big enough for logistics to become onerous...
So, this sentence of Max's could also read: "By the time one's empire is big enough to become onerous..."
And there we have a generic possessive pronoun!