Re: Gender and grammar

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From: Harlan Messinger
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 00:00

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Ian Molton <ian.molton@dtn.ntl.com> wrote in message
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> Harlan Messinger wrote:
> >
> > > forgive me for being stupid here but gender and genre are NOT the same
> > > word in my book...
> > >
> >
> > Do you also not believe that "saint" and "sanctuary" come from the same
> > word? Or "hotel" and "host"?
>
> I never disputed that they share a root.
>

True, technically you argued that they are not the same word. But since what
I said was that they share the same root (or one is the root of the other),
and what I said was *not* that they are the same word, and since you chose
to give me an argument, I chose to interpret your argument as being directed
at what I said, not at something I didn't say.

Now you've clarified that your argument was against something I didn't say.
You don't seem to think there's anything unusual about that. Do you often
respond to people's remarks with arguments over things they didn't say?

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From: "Harlan Messinger" <zzzhmessinger@erols.com>
Subject: Re: Gender and grammar
Date: 1999/11/05
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