From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/60396 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: luigi scarso Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Grammar Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:20:14 +0200 Message-ID: References: <201007250050.53102.matija@suklje.name> <201007252333.44267.matija@suklje.name> <20100725234713.GA25866@linux> <201007261023.36294.matija@suklje.name> <4C4D5E33.40104@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1280139632 23323 80.91.229.12 (26 Jul 2010 10:20:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:20:32 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Jul 26 12:20:31 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OdKnO-00024R-2U for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:20:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4F7AC9C69; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:20:29 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id vhMnooBM1Yza; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:20:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0A64C9C94; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:20:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA2D1C9C69 for ; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:20:21 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 3fpgbZdLCLI9 for ; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:20:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-ww0-f45.google.com (mail-ww0-f45.google.com [74.125.82.45]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C1D5C9C94 for ; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:20:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by wwf26 with SMTP id 26so6320427wwf.2 for ; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:20:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=ipvlssjI6n2xw3eRqTMJuCHrtu+8iMya/A/OBg3bV4w=; b=dqVOx76H2qSi2gUW7tzeTjF054FJ+S4WxOuP9WlaRZFSglwfgvFsoS8jExZOZxwbg5 KFIDM5HnxukABwDSZNhC8GF1SMoJt1dSvJYkpeyvvBsk8I0fX5c8nTEakTJwT0pS71QB uqsxmLHN8e9nXRLwLUi0H9uUO1KL79IU60p08= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=S+0MlR3KQ0mnayi3FbkGdUXM+SkHZGxjWtBnNxZD42XnwD3WCD3w8BN6wJ+CaCAHQ6 sEWH+2BNSsapgpreQT6eYAjofpRBB8Sg1yw4es93OiGFhO25SKyyLlArzpAutkGLjv/Y zow6oplDyhRztBgodKLkSnTeTPD5eDE61mNUU= Original-Received: by 10.216.182.202 with SMTP id o52mr7228212wem.29.1280139614942; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:20:14 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.216.131.226 with HTTP; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:20:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C4D5E33.40104@wxs.nl> X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:60396 Archived-At: On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 26-7-2010 11:48, John Haltiwanger wrote: > >> It seems the most successful/widely adopted form is to vary from 'he' >> to 'she' (so that in one sentence you use one, in the next another). >> Some authors even change the gender within a sentence. This method was >> adopted because 'one' (the "real" correct unisex pronoun) is just too >> awkward for extended use. The morphographic he/she/he/she method reads >> surprisingly well. > > maybe male authors could use he and female authors could use she > consistently (or we could get accustomed to 'it') I try to use "one" and "we" . -- luigi ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________