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Ali234 Posted 20 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
he OR she when an unknown referent
Hi, all
Is there any specific reason or convention to use "she" istead of "he" when the referent is unknown? I saw it in many texts like this:"
" An experimenter who uses her approach ..."
isn't it under the influence of feminism movement?
cheers,
Ali
Is there any specific reason or convention to use "she" istead of "he" when the referent is unknown? I saw it in many texts like this:"
" An experimenter who uses her approach ..."
isn't it under the influence of feminism movement?
cheers,
Ali
Top answer
It is an effort to even the playing field. Feel free to use either.
- It is an effort to even the playing field.
- Feel free to use either.
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It is an effort to even the playing field. Feel free to use either.
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It's very interesting. because in Arabic Language, If there are 10000000 women, and only one man in a society or community, one should use pronoun and verb in masculine form. Of course, I am Iranian.
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Everything depends on the context. However, it is quite acceptable to use both she and he, I deem. As long as grammatical category of gender in the English language doesn't differentiate between masculine and feminine genders, it is possible to use both. In fact, in Old English, as far as I know, there were three genders. However, in the course of history opposition of genders disapp
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