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Julielai Posted 20 years ago
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Nobody could have helped himself in a situation like this.
I found this sentence in the Gregg Reference Manual:
Nobody could have helped himself in a situation like this.
Sabin uses this example to demonstrate the unavoidability of gender bias in some cases. But I am not convinced, though I can't come up with another way of saying this.
I tried:
Nobody could have helped herself in a situation like this. (The gender bias is worse--sounds like women can't help themselves or something.)
I know none who could have helped themselves in a situation like this. (Not quite the same thing.)
Please help!
Nobody could have helped himself in a situation like this.
Sabin uses this example to demonstrate the unavoidability of gender bias in some cases. But I am not convinced, though I can't come up with another way of saying this.
I tried:
Nobody could have helped herself in a situation like this. (The gender bias is worse--sounds like women can't help themselves or something.)
I know none who could have helped themselves in a situation like this. (Not quite the same thing.)
Please help!
Top answer
Or: No human beings could have helped themselves in a situation like this. )
- Or: No human beings could have helped themselves in a situation like this.
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Or:
No human beings could have helped themselves in a situation like this. (?)
No human beings could have helped themselves in a situation like this. (?)
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Hi,
Nobody could have helped himself in a situation like this.
Sabin uses this example to demonstrate the unavoidability of gender bias in some cases. But I am not convinced, though I can't come up with another way of saying this. Is there some reason you can't just say Nobody could have helped himself
Nobody could have helped himself in a situation like this.
Sabin uses this example to demonstrate the unavoidability of gender bias in some cases. But I am not convinced, though I can't come up with another way of saying this. Is there some reason you can't just say Nobody could have helped himself
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