MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net to solarpunk memes@slrpnk.net · 11 months agoThe problem with pronounsslrpnk.netimagemessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1505arrow-down131
arrow-up1474arrow-down1imageThe problem with pronounsslrpnk.netMelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net to solarpunk memes@slrpnk.net · 11 months agomessage-square20linkfedilink
minus-squareLime Buzz (fae/she)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up21·11 months agoWay back when, yet still in memory, there were no pronouns.
minus-square_NoName_@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·11 months ago“there” is a pronoun in your example. You’re saying “pronouns were not there” in a ye-olden format, and “there” is standing in for a place (meaning has changed over time). 'Way back when, yet still in memory, English had no pronouns."
minus-squareLime Buzz (fae/she)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 months agoNice! [Sincere] Thank you for the explanation!
minus-squareSneezycat@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoI’m not a native speaker, but wouldn’t it be an adverb?
minus-squarenoodle (he/him)@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-211 months agohttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/there depends on the use, but in this situation I’m leaning towards definition #2
Way back when, yet still in memory, there were no pronouns.
“there” is a pronoun in your example. You’re saying “pronouns were not there” in a ye-olden format, and “there” is standing in for a place (meaning has changed over time).
'Way back when, yet still in memory, English had no pronouns."
Nice!
[Sincere] Thank you for the explanation!
I’m not a native speaker, but wouldn’t it be an adverb?
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/there
depends on the use, but in this situation I’m leaning towards definition #2