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RE: Leaders (Dystopia, Part 3)
Hey, thanks for your comment! As I don't know who Daneel Olivaw is, Erin has no connection.
And you're technically correct, "they" and "them" is used for multiple people in English - Except for when its used as a "neutral" pronoun, when you don't know if someone is male or female.
For example: I don't know if you're a man or a woman. To avoid getting it wrong, I would say "They left me a nice comment".
Erin is neither male or female, as they are an android that is able to shapeshift (explained in "AIOA", a story that came before). Thus I chose to adress them not as "he" or "she" but as "them".
I hope that clears it up! :)
All right ! Yes that clears it up. I was completely wrong... Thanks to you, i can improve my English.
Daneel Olivaw is a character created by Isaac Asimov in his Fondation series. They are (😎) a robot about 20000 years old... That's why i thought of them when you wrote "Erin had to be very old !".
In fact, in Fondation, daneel is clearly identified as a male, so we can say "he".
And finally, i am also a male. I should write my "introduceyourself"...
Thanks a lot for your explanations :-)