[lit-ideas] Re: grades & kleenex
- From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 09:32:02 -0400
Judy spoke:
>I'm not denying that they chose a bad solution to the problem (of
>non-gender-neutral language).
It seems to me that using the non-gender-specific "they" for third person
when you KNOW particularly who you are talking about -- in this case, a
"she" [not the cat's mother] -- is somewhat irresponsible. I hope you did
it on porpoise.
Paul
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Paul Stone
pas@xxxxxxxx
Kingsville, ON, Canada
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