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Topic	Stop giving genders to fake, hypothetical people, please
Master_Bass 11/24/19 3:53:36 PM #11:	Crono99 posted... I agree that constantly using "him or her" is kind of distracting and can appear a bit forced. Sometimes people just randomly use masculine or feminine, like they use him a few times then her a few times. I don't know. Meh. Yeah, in college we were taught her in one instance and then switching to him next instance is fine or saying he or she. I always found the latter cumbersome, but it's alright. I had a professor that hated singular they, but that was just the one guy and he wasn't even an English teacher. --- Many Bothans died to bring you this post. <cite>Master_Bass posted [p:930634368] in Stop givin... [t:78194689]...</cite> <quote>Crono99 posted...</cite> <quote>I agree that constantly using "him or her" is kind of distracting and can appear a bit forced. Sometimes people just randomly use masculine or feminine, like they use him a few times then her a few times. I don't know. Meh.</quote> Yeah, in college we were taught her in one instance and then switching to him next instance is fine or saying he or she. I always found the latter cumbersome, but it's alright. I had a professor that hated singular they, but that was just the one guy and he wasn't even an English teacher. --- Many Bothans died to bring you this post.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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