On 5/25/08, Levi Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Same reason all other such attempts have failed: It sounds > ridiculous. Using the third-person pronouns has wide acceptance and a > long history, and will soon be accepted even by stuffy prescriptivist > grammarians. Here's Cecil Adams' take on it: > http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_245b.html > > On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Merrill Oveson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Merrill Oveson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: May 25, 2008 8:39 PM > > Subject: let's fix the pronoun problem > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I like this solution, and since english is open source - why not. > > > > http://www.aese.org/SUM96/GENDER.HTM > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ >
Using the third-person pronouns has wide acceptance and a long history, and will soon be accepted even by stuffy prescriptivist grammarians. So the sentence, "A student should put in long hours of study so they can master the subject." After years of being docked for this, I should now start to use it? Here's Cecil Adams' take on it: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_245b.html Do you have a link to his paper on it? I'd like to go back to: "A student should put in long hours of study so he can master the subject." The "he" meaning he or she. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
