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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

making choice between He and She

0 Mostly when we write certain article we have to address both girls and boys. But it becomes very difficult to use both he and she in every sentence. I have seen in most books only masculine form (he) is used. Is this correct? 0-
  

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0 Sensitivity to sexual bias makes most people prefer to avoid 'he' when there is no basis for deciding between feminine and masculine. 0-

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  • 0 Sensitivity to sexual bias makes most people prefer to avoid 'he' when there is no basis for deciding between feminine and masculine.
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0 Sensitivity to sexual bias makes most people prefer to avoid 'he' when there is no basis for deciding between feminine and masculine. 0-
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0 You can always use the following words:02br
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00This is a good way to avoid using he/she all the time. 0-
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0 It is increasingly acceptable to use 'they' for the third person singular to avoid the he/she structure. I don't think 'one' is an adequate substitute. 0-
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0 s/he -- it has limited value since there is no such convenient objective, possessive, reflexive equivalent 0-
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite10s/he -- it has limited value since there is no such convenient objective, possessive, reflexive equivalent12blockquote
10As Nona said, 'they' is often used nowadays. In fact, if you refer to the Collins Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners, 'they' is often used in the examp
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10It is increasingly acceptable to use 'they' for the third person singular to avoid the he/she structure. I don't think 'one' is an adequate substitute.12blockquote
11b01font00Nona and I have agreed on this point before. 05000 It is also possible t
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