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o o o The English language is so complete that if you make a diligent search you'll find a word for everything. A quest for the right plurals to describe groups of God’s creatures brought forth the following: It’s a rafter of turkeys, a mustering of storks a chattering of starlings, a team of ducks if on the wing or a paddling of ducks if on the water, a convocation of eagles, an exaltation of larks, a pack of grouse, a colony of gulls, a bevy of quail, a congregation of plovers, a gang of ellc, an army of frogs, a troop of kangaroos, a dr<r|f of squirrels, a hover of trout, a pack of perch, a bale of turtles, and a cloud of grasshoppers.
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Yep, the English language is “so complete"—but there is still no word for “his or her” if you want to mean both or either.
But, why worry about it? Most of us cannot read nor write the English language correctly, any way. The King’s English isn’t butchered; it's being hanged, drawn, and quartered daily.
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Had you heard the business man’s definition of a secretary? “She’s the girl I pay while I teach her to spell while she’s waiting to get married.”
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