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The scientific name for both sexes of our species is the word for only one of them,Homo "man" in Latin;our species also referred to as human (derived from homo) or mankind ,two other words which similarly make the women invisible. The average person is always masculine (as in the man in the...

Hi, There is a survey going on in internet, asking a series of questions and the first of them being "What is your gender? " Someone answered: "I don't have a "gender," but I am of the female sex." I'm wondering what's wrong about the question "What is your gender". To me it's the same as...

My high school Chinese teacher asked me to help her translate these two abstracts from Chinese into English. I have finished, but I need to correct them into better English. Please help me. I have to give my teacher the translation. She helped me quite a lot while I encountered the most...

Anonymous wrote:I came upon a sentence with this phrase and have been wondering why the writer didn't place any articles in front of the ones italicized when the dictionary said they are countables. I thought countables must have articles regardless of the grammatical situations they are in. Was...

Hi, Nobody could have helped himself in a situation like this. Sabin uses this example to demonstrate the unavoidability of gender bias in some cases. But I am not convinced, though I can't come up with another way of saying this. Is there some reason you can't just say Nobody could have...

Good questions Rishonly... (1) Is 'often wondered' a wrong construction? It's not wrong but it implies that 'wondering' was in the past and now you no longer 'wonder.' (2) Reason for 'might attend only fewer phone calls' being wrong? Actually there is only a very subtle difference, if at all. ...

I am not quite close to 'homeless'. I am living at my aunt's home because my granny invited 3 of her siplings to stay... aiya, according to my parents this is going to last 2 weeks or more. I am currently using my uncle's PC just to get here and take a look at what you say. Though I cannot come...

Hi Danyoo, Thanks for the correction. Would you mind explaining the reason for following mistakes? (1) Is 'often wondered' a wrong construction? (2) Reason for 'might attend only fewer phone calls' being wrong? (3) Reason for using 'may attend' in the first sentence and 'might get' in the...

"By drawing up individual timetables, I helped persuade each member to take ownership of his tasks." Can I change "his" for "their"? Trying to make the sentence gender neutral and still be grammatically correct.

Dear teachers,What do you think of the grammar of this career objective? Thank you!My work fields are culture and media. I am strongly interested in a career where I can apply the organizing aspects of information and communication technologies (ICT) in new ways and/or learn new applications and...