1. Mrs. John B Dodd, of Washington, first proposed the idea of a "Father's Day" in 1909.
2. A social media influencer is someone who has plenty of followers online. What that person says, or does, or buys, or wears can influence the decisions of their followers.
请问:
对于第一个句子,此处为什么用不定冠词a而不用the?如何理解此处的泛指意味?
对于第二个句子,此处为什么用复数,而前面是that person,是否存在不对应?
用their表示单数意义为非正式语体。这是女权运动对语言的影响的结果。当名词a person 或不定代词one, someone等需要人称代词或物主代词指代时,本来是用he, him, his的。有些女权人士认为这是语言性别歧视。当她们被告知其实he, him, his在此是中性意义,她们也不答应,于是就出现了he or she, him or her, his or her这种繁琐的用法。非正式语体干脆用they, them, their来指代单数的person,one 或someone,避免性别歧视的指责。
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