Cat@ponder.cat to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agoNow federal employees can't even use pronouns in their emails.www.dailykos.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1294arrow-down1external-linkNow federal employees can't even use pronouns in their emails.www.dailykos.comCat@ponder.cat to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresuperminerJG@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 days ago I → (the) speaker/writer you → (the) listener/reader, pl. (the) audience they → that person, pl. those people The writer believes that such an idea is quite stupid. In fact, the writer believes that the audience will find this language extremely obtuse. These methods will only cause more pain to the federal employees in question.
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-23 days agoDon’t forget pronouns like who, mine, and ours. In fact, here’s a list of >100 Someone should write a script that completely replaces these with BS standins
minus-square⛓️💥@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoI think we need a tool that automatically rewrites text to remove all pronouns, but I’m not even sure that is possible.
The writer believes that such an idea is quite stupid. In fact, the writer believes that the audience will find this language extremely obtuse. These methods will only cause more pain to the federal employees in question.
Don’t forget pronouns like who, mine, and ours. In fact, here’s a list of >100
Someone should write a script that completely replaces these with BS standins
I think we need a tool that automatically rewrites text to remove all pronouns, but I’m not even sure that is possible.