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The pronoun "they" can also be singular in English #37

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14 changes: 14 additions & 0 deletions apertium-eng.eng.dix
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<e> <p><l>they</l> <r>they<s n="prn"/><s n="pers"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="pl"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>they</l> <r>they<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="pl"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>them</l> <r>they<s n="prn"/><s n="obj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="pl"/></r></p></e>
<e> <p><l>they</l> <r>they<s n="prn"/><s n="pers"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="sg"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>they</l> <r>they<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="sg"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>them</l> <r>they<s n="prn"/><s n="obj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="sg"/></r></p></e>

</pardef>


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<e r="RL"><p><l>our</l> <r>we<s n="prn"/><s n="pos"/><s n="p1"/><s n="mf"/><s n="pl"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>your</l> <r>you<s n="prn"/><s n="pos"/><s n="p2"/><s n="mf"/><s n="pl"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>their</l> <r>they<s n="prn"/><s n="pos"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="pl"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>their</l> <r>they<s n="prn"/><s n="pos"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="sg"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>your</l> <r>they<s n="prn"/><s n="pos"/><s n="p2"/><s n="mf"/><s n="sp"/></r></p></e>
</pardef>

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<e> <p><l>we</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p1"/><s n="mf"/><s n="pl"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>you</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p2"/><s n="mf"/><s n="pl"/></r></p></e>
<e> <p><l>they</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="pl"/></r></p></e>
<e> <p><l>they</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="sg"/></r></p></e>
<e> <p><l>you</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p2"/><s n="mf"/><s n="sp"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>I</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p1"/><s n="m"/><s n="sg"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>you</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p2"/><s n="m"/><s n="sg"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>we</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p1"/><s n="m"/><s n="pl"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>you</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p2"/><s n="m"/><s n="pl"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>they</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="m"/><s n="pl"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>they</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="m"/><s n="sg"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>you</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p2"/><s n="m"/><s n="sp"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>I</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p1"/><s n="f"/><s n="sg"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>you</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p2"/><s n="f"/><s n="sg"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>we</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p1"/><s n="f"/><s n="pl"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>you</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p2"/><s n="f"/><s n="pl"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>they</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="f"/><s n="pl"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>they</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="f"/><s n="sg"/></r></p></e>
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This will result in ^prpers<prn><subj><p3><f><sg>$ generating she/they and similarly for line 881.

<e r="RL"><p><l>you</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p2"/><s n="f"/><s n="sp"/></r></p></e>
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<e lm="there's"> <p><l>there's</l> <r>there<s n="adv"/><j/>be<s n="vbser"/><s n="pres"/><s n="p3"/><s n="sg"/></r></p></e>
<e lm="there's"> <p><l>there's</l> <r>there<s n="adv"/><j/>have<s n="vbhaver"/><s n="pres"/><s n="p3"/><s n="sg"/></r></p></e>
<e lm="they'd"> <p><l>they'd</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="pl"/><j/>have<s n="vbhaver"/><s n="past"/></r></p></e>
<e lm="they'd"> <p><l>they'd</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="sg"/><j/>have<s n="vbhaver"/><s n="past"/></r></p></e>
<e lm="they'd"> <p><l>they'd</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="pl"/><j/>will<s n="vbmod"/><s n="past"/></r></p></e>
<e lm="they'd"> <p><l>they'd</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="sg"/><j/>will<s n="vbmod"/><s n="past"/></r></p></e>
<e lm="they'll"> <p><l>they'll</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="pl"/><j/>will<s n="vbmod"/><s n="pres"/></r></p></e>
<e lm="they'll"> <p><l>they'll</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="sg"/><j/>will<s n="vbmod"/><s n="pres"/></r></p></e>
<e lm="they're"> <p><l>they're</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="pl"/><j/>be<s n="vbser"/><s n="pres"/></r></p></e>
<e lm="they're"> <p><l>they're</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="sg"/><j/>be<s n="vbser"/><s n="pres"/></r></p></e>
<e lm="they've"> <p><l>they've</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="pl"/><j/>have<s n="vbhaver"/><s n="pres"/></r></p></e>
<e lm="they've"> <p><l>they've</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="sg"/><j/>have<s n="vbhaver"/><s n="pres"/></r></p></e>
<e lm="they've got"> <p><l>they've<b/>got</l><r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="pl"/><j/>have<b/>got<s n="vblex"/><s n="pres"/></r></p></e>
<e lm="they've got"> <p><l>they've<b/>got</l><r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p3"/><s n="mf"/><s n="sg"/><j/>have<b/>got<s n="vblex"/><s n="pres"/></r></p></e>
<e lm="wasn't"> <p><l>wasn't</l> <r>be<s n="vbser"/><s n="past"/><s n="p1"/><s n="sg"/><j/>not<s n="adv"/></r></p></e>
<e lm="wasn't"> <p><l>wasn't</l> <r>be<s n="vbser"/><s n="past"/><s n="p3"/><s n="sg"/><j/>not<s n="adv"/></r></p></e>
<e lm="we'd"> <p><l>we'd</l> <r>prpers<s n="prn"/><s n="subj"/><s n="p1"/><s n="mf"/><s n="pl"/><j/>have<s n="vbhaver"/><s n="past"/></r></p></e>
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