0150 - To do-nothing list
Re: 0150 - To do-nothing list
I just can't see any way here except that Doc is wrong.
Even if "it" is appropriate for Zoa, that's still A pronoun. Even if Zoa doesn't count as a "person", there's clearly a mind there. If I were going to go somewhere and bring my housecat along, I'd certainly use "we" to describe the act of us traveling together.
Hell, if I were bringing a houseplant along, there's a nonzero chance I'd still use "we".
Even if "it" is appropriate for Zoa, that's still A pronoun. Even if Zoa doesn't count as a "person", there's clearly a mind there. If I were going to go somewhere and bring my housecat along, I'd certainly use "we" to describe the act of us traveling together.
Hell, if I were bringing a houseplant along, there's a nonzero chance I'd still use "we".
Neither a creeper nor a jackass be; if you manage these two things, everything else should work itself out.
Re: 0150 - To do-nothing list
From Tailsteak's comment, I think that this isn't about Zoa's personhood again, but is instead Doc saying that Lee needs to make the list, not Lee and Zoa.Merle wrote:I just can't see any way here except that Doc is wrong.
Even if "it" is appropriate for Zoa, that's still A pronoun. Even if Zoa doesn't count as a "person", there's clearly a mind there. If I were going to go somewhere and bring my housecat along, I'd certainly use "we" to describe the act of us traveling together.
Hell, if I were bringing a houseplant along, there's a nonzero chance I'd still use "we".
Re: 0150 - To do-nothing list
Hmm. I may have misunderstood the authors note, then.
Neither a creeper nor a jackass be; if you manage these two things, everything else should work itself out.