3/07/2010

A stumbling block

A primary difficulty thus far is pronouns.  As our inspiration signals in his introduction, many pronouns run afoul of our standards.  Obviously, an author can avoid pronouns, but doing so can disrupt normal word flow.  An illustration:
Flo won't want you to know this, but acrobatics is among a broad batch of Flo's skills. 
A pronoun would, no doubt, boost flow.  So far, though, I cannot find a phrasing that capably conducts a notion that an individual owns or has a thing without duplicating a noun or using highly awkward syntax.

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