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Jackson6612 Posted 17 years ago
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I would not say that a good teacher is the one who can answer every question

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I would not say that a good teacher is the one who can answer every question. Rather, he can direct the student in a right direction. He can understand what is going on in a student's mind and what is baffling him. He can be a source of encourgement and inspiration to his students.
  

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I would not say that a good teacher is the one who can answer every question. Rather, he can direct the student in the right direction. He can understand what is going on in a student's mind and what is baffling him.

  • I would not say that a good teacher is the one who can answer every question.
  • Rather, he can direct the student in the right direction.
  • He can understand what is going on in a student's mind and what is baffling him.
  • He can be a source of encouragement and inspiration to his students.
  • Some people dislike the use of "he" to include both sexes (which I assume is your intention).
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I would not say that a good teacher is the one who can answer every question. Rather, he can direct the student in the right direction. He can understand what is going on in a student's mind and what is baffling him. He can be a source of encouragement and inspiration to his students.

Some people dislike the use of "he" to include both sexes (which I assume is yo
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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 little repetitive and can complicate the sentence for a non-native speaker.

I would agree with MrWordy that using a plural form can overcome the 's
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Mr Wordythe 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 language will evolove to have such a word which will solve the problem of gender-neutral third-person si
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Jackson6612
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 an existing word is to evolve then I think it's most likely to be "they". Perhaps the singul

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