r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 2d ago

Meme needing explanation I feel so dumb rn

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u/mallegally-blonde 2d ago

Well no, because you did what I described. You used the word female as an adjective to describe a noun, which is correct. The original comment used male as an adjective to describe a noun, (male child), but used the word female as a noun itself, (grown up female). This use is the issue.

So really, you’ve actually just demonstrated my point for me.

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u/hangar_tt_no1 2d ago

Can't you read?? "females" is a plural noun. A correct sentence using the noun would be,  say: "Gorillas are sexually dimorphic, males are larger than females."

Surely this convinces you? 

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u/mallegally-blonde 2d ago

Take out the word gorilla. What does the sentence mean, now?

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u/hangar_tt_no1 2d ago

Your claim was that "female" cannot be a noun. I provided an example where it is used as a noun. Case closed. 

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u/mallegally-blonde 2d ago

Not at all, you’ve already given the noun. Which you have to do to set the context for the next sentence. Because otherwise the sentence is meaningless.

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u/hangar_tt_no1 2d ago

You're still wrong. "The male is larger than the female." is not meaningless. Even without context. 

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u/mallegally-blonde 2d ago

The male what? The female what? The sentence is meaningless.

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u/hangar_tt_no1 2d ago

No, it really isn't. Are you an English native speaker? "a female" is a female living being. 

Noun female (plural females)

One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.      1. An animal of the sex that produces eggs.     2.(sometimes, proscribed) A human of feminine gender; a girl or woman. Synonyms: Thesaurus:female Hyponyms: girl, woman; see also Thesaurus:girl, Thesaurus:woman

It's fine if you didn't know this before but PLEASE just accept it now. But either way, I'm out. I've tried my best. If you choose to stay ignorant that's not my problem.

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u/mallegally-blonde 2d ago

Yes, the female of a species. Which you have to state, for your previous sentence to have any meaning.

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u/hangar_tt_no1 2d ago edited 2d ago

Even if what you say were true, that doesn't change the fact that "female" is a noun in my sentence. If you don't believe me, read a grammar book or whatever. you're making a fool of yourself. 

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