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Yamilka Posted 15 years ago
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Can someone tell me where are the mistakes?

The officials of the board of elections asked that each voter present their registration card and a valid Texas driver's license before receiving a ballot.
  

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Modern AmE use tries to avoid saying either "he" or "she" in a sentence as that is too gender-specific. That is, if you say "The officials of the board asked that each voter present his registration card and a valid Texas driver's license before receiving a ballot," you would have correct pronouns and verbs (each ... his card / driver's license), but then it looks as if you are saying only males are going to be asked to present their documents, which would include an individual card and license for each of them.

— Stephenmatlock

  • Modern AmE use tries to avoid saying either "he" or "she" in a sentence as that is too gender-specific.
  • That is, if you say "The officials of the board asked that each voter present his registration card and a valid Texas driver's license before receiving a ballot," you would have correct pronouns and verbs (each ...
  • his card / driver's license), but then it looks as if you are saying only males are going to be asked to present their documents, which would include an individual card and license for each of them.
  • If you say "asked...
  • " But then you have the unfortunate image of the board expecting all members of this horde of voters to each have multiple copies of the documents.
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Modern AmE use tries to avoid saying either "he" or "she" in a sentence as that is too gender-specific. That is, if you say "The officials of the board asked that each voter present his registration card and a valid Texas driver's license before receiving a ballot," you would have correct pronouns and verbs (each ... his card / driver's license), but then it looks as if you are saying only males a
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