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"D. Edward Gund v. Brighoff" wrote:
> A better question is "What purposes do these sorts of classes serve?"

And why did they call it "gender" (especially in languages where
there are 12 of them!)

> There are more than I can begin to ennumerate here--like I said, it de-
> pends on the language.

Thank you for that enlightening response. (NOT)

> (In general, it makes anaphora easier.)

And anapohora is?

> Again, I
> urge those of you who are curious to read on of the introductory works
> listed in the sci.lang FAQ, like the _Cambridge encyclopedia of language_.

Sounds daunting. Why can't you just answer the question instead of
being so condescending?

> This is really a very basic question that can has been asked and answered
> many times already.

Well who started cross-posting this anyway? It was supposed to be on
an autism NG where it is not assumed that we know a great deal about
linguistics or are linguistic geniuses. People there are pleased if
we can speak (one language)!

--
Kalen

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