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- From: Alan.Moorman@f31.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Alan Moorman)
- Sender: FredGate@tdkt.kksys.com
- Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!kksys.com!tdkt!FredGate
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: A gender neutral pronoun
- Message-ID: <722402574.F00003@tdkt.kksys.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 17:24:00 -0600
- Lines: 21
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- To: (CROSSPOST 2) ALL Recvd: NO
- Subj: A gender neutral pronoun, Conf: (54) Sci.Skepti
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- RSW> >Here's an example:
- RSW> > An electrical engineer specializing in analog design was given the
- RSW> > task of designing a widget with constraints A, B and C. What design
- RSW> > approach is one likely to consider?
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- Another approach is this: Since the person in the discussion has
- already been described as "an electrical engineer", the last sentance
- could read "What design approach are they likely to consider?"
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- "They" works as a pronoun as long as previous reference has been made
- which establishes whether we're talking about one, or more, people.
-
- Its weakness is that is doesn't inherently possess an indicator of
- whether it is singular or plural.
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- * OLX 2.2 * I admire your problem, but don't what to do about it...
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- * Origin: Dark Knight's Table (1:282/31)
-