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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
We is fine for fans to use and not getting one's knickers in a not over.
But the media should NEVER EVER use it.
And they do. Not all of them - but some do for sure. I think that is unacceptable.
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I find myself using about an equal mix of they and we.
What I hate is when the media says, "take a look at the Crosbys, Monahans, Bergerons of the league". There is only one of each of those guys, so stop pluralizing names. It's as wrong as typing in an apostrophes when correctly pluralizing a word. There are many words that can be used to add more players into the discussion (number one centres, Penguins, DBags, etc.), so there is no need to say Monahans. If you are talking about Monahan's toaster, that is a different story.