I think the two options I've got are: 1) "I employ the term 'dogmatist' in the sense in which S. uses dogmatikos , namely, to designate someone who makes positive or negative assertions about the nature of things, on the basis of what he

Yes, you're right, I've seen that in most dictionaries "they" is used to refer to "someone" and similar words. Regarding "feminism", well, it is commonly used to refer to an extreme view, isn't it? However that may be, I know we agree on these

I should perhaps say that I don't really pay attention to whether I must say "he" or "he/she", and so on. I spontaneously tend to use "he" as a neutral pronoun. But in this case I was reading the proofs of a paper and noticed that the editor had

I think it works. Anyway, I give you the context: "The first thing to note about this account is that, whereas the texts quoted at the beginning of this section said that the state of mental perturbation was induced by the anomalies the future

Thanks for resisting (I know it must be hard... you're in your 40s). Anyway, what do you think about the query of this thread, Nona? I mean, does it sound offensive to use "he"?

Well, to put it simply, the difficulty consists in a contradiction between different texts.

Ok, thanks Clive.

Mmm, I feel that the main verb requires another "that" to show that the second clause depends on it.

Yes, yes, you're right, but I was just giving the idea, because I didn't want to copy the whole thing. And the "that fact that" is a mistake I made. Thanks for the answer.

"This objection overlooks that fact that.... In any case, even if one accepts that that objection is sound, I do not think this should prevent those who .... from...." Is "in any case" correctly used? Thanks.