Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cadovax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cadovax!bob From: bob@cadovax.UUCP (Bob "Kat" Kaplan) Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.women Subject: Gender-Specific Pronouns Message-ID: <353@cadovax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 17:14:16 EST Article-I.D.: cadovax.353 Posted: Tue Jan 8 17:14:16 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jan-85 01:22:46 EST Organization: Contel Cado, Torrance, CA Lines: 16 Xref: watmath net.nlang:2364 net.women:4022 From sunny@sun.uucp (Sunny Kirsten) <1914@sun.uucp> > Try using "their" whether referring to one generic person or many persons: > it's easier to read than he/she or his/her, and is gender non-specific. > Sunny It's also grammatically incorrect and awkward. To me, it's as bad as using "Aren't I?" instead of "Am I not?" My solution is to avoid using such constructs. -- Bob Kaplan {ucbvax,ihnp4,decvax}!trwrb!cadovax!bob "If you tell the truth, you must smile. Otherwise, people will kill you."