• Hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      How about just eliminate pronouns altogether. Don’t see any reason are such an essential part of language. Just don’t use pronouns at all. Why can’t all just agree to? 's not like are even nessecary.

      edit: missed one

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        Jack, Jill, and John went on a walk. [they] Found an apple. [she/Jill] ate it. A farmer yelled at [them].

        Fuck, without pronouns you have to repeat the noun to specify who did what.

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          Jack, Jill, and John went on a walk. The group found an apple. Jill ate it. A farmer yelled at the group.

          No need for pronouns when avoiding the usage is possible! Some sentences start sounding a bit weird though. Would writing a book be possible in this manner though, provided the text should remain understandable?

          I hope I avoided all pronouns above, it’s really difficult but kind of fun.