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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Strangemonkey" data-source="post: 1890014" data-attributes="member: 6533">No offense, but tense probably works better as the word here.&nbsp; Gender would indicate to most non-technical users not so much a linguistic as a social category.&nbsp; To most speakers both nouns and living things have gender.&nbsp; Though only living things should have sex.&nbsp; At least according to the State of Texas.&nbsp; Tense, on the other hand, is a term that is only used to refer to linguistic constructs, and while I recognize that it most often refers in English to an indication of a verb clause's temporal reference and the speaker's focus on the event I also recognize that that broad capability makes it far more effective word for describing any form of linguistice aspect than the term aspect itself.Sure, I'm playing fast and loose with grammar, but it's a game played by everyone but the grammarians.&nbsp; I have to admit I'm still not happy with trusting them with actual language.&nbsp; I mean they can protest all they want that the 'Nazi' connection came from Latin grammar and now they're all happy and accomodating, but I won't buy it till I see some actual recognition of the&nbsp; real presence of technological context in grammatic propriety.&nbsp; I will go to my grave before I can believe that written French grammar has anything to do with the spoken form.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr. Strangemonkey, post: 1890014, member: 6533"] No offense, but tense probably works better as the word here. Gender would indicate to most non-technical users not so much a linguistic as a social category. To most speakers both nouns and living things have gender. Though only living things should have sex. At least according to the State of Texas. Tense, on the other hand, is a term that is only used to refer to linguistic constructs, and while I recognize that it most often refers in English to an indication of a verb clause's temporal reference and the speaker's focus on the event I also recognize that that broad capability makes it far more effective word for describing any form of linguistice aspect than the term aspect itself. Sure, I'm playing fast and loose with grammar, but it's a game played by everyone but the grammarians. I have to admit I'm still not happy with trusting them with actual language. I mean they can protest all they want that the 'Nazi' connection came from Latin grammar and now they're all happy and accomodating, but I won't buy it till I see some actual recognition of the real presence of technological context in grammatic propriety. I will go to my grave before I can believe that written French grammar has anything to do with the spoken form. [/QUOTE]

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