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I cringe every time I hear another guy refer to women like this

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

My teacher is female.

My teacher is a female.

The former is adjectival, the latter is an icky noun. That "a" is doing a lot of work lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Latin languages:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

The latter is indeed awkward