From: David Rogers <davidandrewrogers@gmail.com>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Grammar (was: Semantic data in ConTeXt?)
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:47:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100725234713.GA25866@linux> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201007252333.44267.matija@suklje.name>
* Matija Šuklje <matija@suklje.name> [2010-07-25 23:33]:
>-.-.-
>P.S. Is there a nicer wording then "(s)he" for referencing persona in unisex
>gender (other then "one")?
The correct unisex pronoun is "he". This whole question is an invented
problem where no real problem exists.
"They" is usually acceptable, even though it's technically incorrect.
Many teachers of English are against its use, but in "real life" nobody
cares.
--
David
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Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-24 22:50 Semantic data in ConTeXt? Matija Šuklje
2010-07-25 10:02 ` Hans Hagen
2010-07-25 21:33 ` Matija Šuklje
2010-07-25 21:39 ` Martin Schröder
2010-07-25 21:50 ` Matija Šuklje
2010-07-25 21:41 ` Martin Schröder
2010-07-25 21:50 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2010-07-26 7:13 ` Hans Hagen
2010-07-25 23:47 ` David Rogers [this message]
2010-07-26 8:23 ` Grammar (was: Semantic data in ConTeXt?) Matija Šuklje
2010-07-26 9:48 ` John Haltiwanger
2010-07-26 10:06 ` Grammar Hans Hagen
2010-07-26 10:20 ` Grammar luigi scarso
2010-07-26 11:56 ` Grammar Matija Šuklje
2010-07-26 12:38 ` Grammar Hans Hagen
2010-07-26 19:33 ` Grammar Martin Schröder
2010-07-26 20:44 ` Grammar Matija Šuklje
2010-07-27 16:53 ` Grammar (was: Semantic data in ConTeXt?) Rory Molinari
2010-07-27 23:12 ` Marcin Borkowski
2010-07-28 0:00 ` Grammar Hans Hagen
2010-07-28 9:33 ` Grammar John Haltiwanger
2010-07-28 0:18 ` Grammar (was: Semantic data in ConTeXt?) Rory Molinari
2010-07-28 0:20 ` Marcin Borkowski
2010-07-27 6:10 ` Alan BRASLAU
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