What would be the best word/words to describe this quality?

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Davefromthefreeway

#324236 Sun, 04 Feb 07 06:46 PM

A person who will perpetuate and not give up on his/her dream, a person who is very inspired and respectful of his/her decision. Any help will be much appreciated.

Davefromthefreeway

Joined on Thu, Jan 4 2007

Canada

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Philip

#324248 Sun, 04 Feb 07 07:04 PM

Davefromthefreeway wrote:
A person who will perpetuate and not give up on his/her dream, a person who is very inspired and respectful of his/her decision. Any help will be much appreciated.

determined, unswerving, dedicated, committed [there are many that others could add....this is just a start].

Philip

Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005

USA Pacific Northwest (Seattle)

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At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen

Marvin A.

#324256 Sun, 04 Feb 07 07:19 PM

Wow, I never realized just how annoying gender neutral language can be. I had to read that three times before understanding.

Marvin A.

Joined on Fri, Dec 8 2006

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Genders

Philip

#325701 Wed, 07 Feb 07 05:49 PM

Marvin A. wrote:
Wow, I never realized just how annoying gender neutral language can be. I had to read that three times before understanding.

We clearly have need of a gender neutral pronoun for the 3rd-person-singular, other than "one" and its derivatives. That's the reason so many people incorrectly use "their" in this situation.....it may some day be considered correct.