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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Too bad so many people on here don't want their horizons broadened. This isn't old-fashioned. It's just very basic manners. To the PP who feels like it's a stand in so you're not repeating the name over and over again, try to test it out. In most instances, it's one reference, then neither a name or pronoun is called for again. Once you start working on this, you won't believe you ever did it the wrong before.
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Op here. This is all so interesting, and I have never heard of anyone but my mom feeling this way.

Pp, I guess I don't understand why "neither a name or pronoun is called for again" after the first reference. I must be missing something.

Guess what Grandma did? Grandma told the dog that he can't have any Thanksgiving turkey, but then she gave him a piece! And then she asked me if she could give Fido more and I said sure, so she gave him another piece and the gravy spoon to lick and said 'Happy Thanksgiving Fido! " (Imagine an 8 year old telling this story out loud in that way that kids get a kick out of odd little things).

So, you're saying each "she" should be replaced with "Grandma?" That would sound very strange to my ear.[/quote]

That is because it is strange.  If I wrote a paper like that for school, I'd get it back with notes to stop using repetitive "Grandma" and replace with she/her.  We learned this in grammar class.   [/quote]

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