Groups - When refering to someone elses comment in a text/IM conversation.

Ooops I can't edit. I meant la frase, not la phrase! Lo siento.

Laura

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sonofa.. my reply just vanished

as i understand it, when the "it" to which you refer is ambiguous or unstated you use "lo"

similarly you can use "esto" as a non specific demonstrative pronoun "¿que es esto?" does not concern itself with whether the "it" is "la" situación or an object of unknown gender.

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besos xx

Thank you for your very quick and helpful reply! I understand and that make sense. I will use lo in these cases.

Muchas gracias, besitos,

Laura

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de nada, el gusto es mio

I was thinking more on this today and wondering if you had ordered something obviously feminine say, una televisión

would a delivery man sound strange saying "a donde quiere que yo ponga esto"and couldyou then reply "¡pongalo en la cocina por favor!". if no one has actually mentioned "la televisión" does a default non specific pronoun sound out of place. even though the guy is a tv delivery man and you both know that "it"must be La tv

there is a pa que sepas on this that discusses whether we are talking about the letter or the envelope but i cant remember the answer, nor which episode it is, sorry. I suppose that here you could both be discussing el cajón rather than the television or the driver could really mean "this piece of junk"

I suspect, that if someone uses a surprising pronoun that one would usually let it slide without comment and let context be your guide but if in doubt one can always ask for clarification. after all you dont want to open your cajón and find un radiador inside.

Thank you, this makes sense. Sorry I coldn't reply before. My subscription was down for a week or more as I had issues with paypal.

laura

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