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Yes, but the fact remains that the English language does not have a universally recognized gender-neutral pronoun. Personally, I think it should, because there are plenty of situations in which the gender of the person being referenced is unknown. "He" has served that need for a long time, and while I have no objection to it, I think it would be better to have a separate pronoun in order to avoid ambiguity.
"He or she" is too long, "s/he" is awkward and clunky, and "they" already serves as the pronoun for more than one person of indefinite gender. Nevertheless, I think "they" is our best bet.
Now, what are we going to do with "manhole cover" or "pilots, man your planes" or "men at work" and so on? I suppose that "men" in the sense of "more than one person of indefinite gender" doesn't work anymore.
Anyone who attended grade school should know that 'he' is the recognized gender neutral pronoun.
I'd put my money on it being the new owners who are "the watcher".
1. There is no mention that the sellers had received anymore than that one single letter just prior to closing with the new owners.
2. The new owners claim that the sellers did not mention any letters, yet, somehow, the new owners knew about that one letter that the sellers had received.
3. The new owners are suing for a full refund of the purchase price with interest, and, to be able to keep the home.
They also want to keep the home? A place they claim they've been too scared to live in for the past year and are still too scared to live in it even now? A place that they claim would be too difficult to sell because of the alleged stalker?
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Yep, seems you were right! IF there are any letters, I think the Broaddus family wrote and sent them to themselves. Now, that's creepy.
Hmm is this like NJ version of Amityville Horror number 563 or something?
That was an interesting situation.
It does resemble that house, and I think that's where the Broaddus's got the idea to set this up. (I believe they wrote the letters themselves, if any exist.)
The owners are full of s*hit. Probably realized they were in over their heads with that house and needed to get rid of it fast - and get money out of it. Fame, too. I'm on team "they did it themselves." The first note, non-threatening, came to the previous owner just before closing. Suspicious timeline to me. And no leads in the investigation.
I live in a neighboring town. Westfield is a great town. There is no "watcher" on this house.
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