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Keep it simple (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Lt_Worf@lemmy.ca to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] beta_tester@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Are articels useful at all?

What's the advantage of having a female /male table?

[–] oo1@kbin.social 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

they can create tablets

[–] str82L@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

I'm still smiling at this.

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Gendered articles probably not but having "a" vs "the" removes the need for additional cases (eg. I/me/my). Latin and Russian don't have articles but they have more cases which have different suffixes that have to be applied to all nouns. Usually simplifying one part of language makes another part more complex. English has a very simple case structure but the word order is much more strict

[–] piekay@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I remember a study that gendered articles slightly increase understandibility among native speakers.