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These are basic grammatical mistakes which should be avoidable if careful. The types od errors include, tense/ verb agreement, gender / verb agreement, iand ncorrect word choice etc.
what caused the error ?
what type of an error it is it?
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I'd say "to". Human beings are hazards to themselves. CJ I agree with using 'to', rather than 'for'. Apart from that, I agree with Clive , especially about using a gender neutral expression.
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Hi,
A human being is a hazard for himself/herself/(other)?
Which pronoun would you apply to this type of sentence?
The traditional usage is 'for himself'.
If you want to be gender-neutral, say 'for himself or
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Hi the person you are approaching in any form if their TITLE is known to you for instance MR SHEIKH bla bla usually if you know their sex/gender with any MALE MR is applied MS is normally applied when HER status in unknown for instance you are not
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Staffed is the non-gender-specific word I was trying to think of. Still, I think Wordy's other solution is the best.
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Yes, it sounds OK to me. One does notice the sound combination of "stand manned" though.
I agree. It could be avoided by using a word that is less associated with the male gender.
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Blame it on my random word generator. Actually, I've never heard anyone say it, but somewhere in my mind the "V" is like "vanity." Perhaps I should change it, since you think it leaves my gender in question. ???
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Is there any chance that in future English language will evolove to have such a word which will solve the problem of gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun?
Well, all attempts to invent such a word have so far failed to catch on. If
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the lack of a suitable gender-neutral pronoun is, as I'm sure you know, a notorious deficiency of the English language
Hi Mr W,
Thank you very much for always being there to help me.
Is there any chance that in future English
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It is rare to find a deficiency in the English language, if anything it often contains far more than many deem necessary.
Traditionally, 'one' can be used as gender-neutral, though many find this a little too formal. It does sound a
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