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Hey guys;-) As a matter of fact, my english has to improve;-) I'm not quite sure if this is the right board for my post! If not I'm really sorry!!!It would be REALLY NICE of you if u could check my text for: mistakes in grammar, expression and sense! If u know better ways of expressions (more...

The third person singular neutral gender pronoun for humans-- what can it be, what should it be?

Englishuser wrote: Hi Grammar Geek and Calif Jim, why on earth would you say 'he' if a person's gender isn't know? ...you could use he or she, of course, but that's very clumsy. You answered your own question.

Hi Grammar Geek and Calif Jim, You're a bit sexist in your use of language, aren't you? I mean, why on earth would you say 'he' if a person's gender isn't know? I think you continue to foster the archaic belief that doctors are usually men, etc., if you use 'he' instead of 'they' when a person's...

Below is more context, hopefully it helps to distinguish what the author really means. This is a forward looking paper intended to spur discussions among various industry groups regarding the management of resources associated with storage and data management in a distributed, dynamic, computing...

"It is not easy to have a rational discussion with people about the nature of their language. They feel that the language belongs to them, and they are therefore entitled to hold cut and dried opinions about it. And when opinions differ, emotions runs high. Arguments can easily stem from minor...

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Grammar Geek wrote: The authoress is a natural German speaker. Perhaps this is another Americanism, but I've never seen the word "authoress" before. Author has no gender that I'm aware of. Noun 1. authoress - a woman author author, writer - writes (books or stories or...

Hi guys, According to Barry, Feminist Criticism could be described as the examination of representations of women in literature by men and women. Barry also describes feminism as being just the opposite of essentialism. Or as Culler points out, “Feminist theory stresses the impact of socially...

Clive, did u mean it's ok to use masculine when we don't know gender.