On the right pronoun for pets
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I have shared my love for Mary Norris, aka "The Comma Queen", a number of times in this space, and today shall pose no disruption to the proper order of the universe.
Her latest video, on location at a beach, encompass all things wonderful about The New Yorker, for whom -- or, perhaps, which -- she toils.
It's a place where the question of whether pets should get the pronouns usually reserved for humans can instill a debate.
This is the sort of question that can put the emotional "should there be two spaces after a period" debate to shame.
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